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ACTS 7:3-51
In addition to several direct quotations from the Septuagint,
Stephen’s speech consists of a series of allusions to and summaries
of Israelitish history. In these phrases drawn from the...
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Verse 48. _THE MOST HIGH DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS_]
Here St. Stephen evidently refers to Solomon's speech, 1 Kings 8:27.
_But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and...
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HOWBEIT - But. Stephen was charged with speaking against the temple.
He had now shown that he had due veneration for it, by his declaring
that it had been built by the command of God. But he “now” add...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The Address of Stephen (Acts 7:1)._
2. The Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54).
This is the largest chapter in this book and concludes the first
section. Stephen is the chosen instrumen...
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The speech comes nearer the charge it is to refute. The Temple itself
is wrong. Moses acted on direct Divine injunction as to the tabernacle
of witness which he made according to the pattern showed hi...
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STEPHEN'S DEFENCE (Acts 7:1-7)
When Oliver Cromwell was outlining the education he thought necessary
for his son Richard, he said, "I would have him know a little
history." It was to the lesson of hi...
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HOWBEIT, &C. Read, "But not the Most High in hand-made temples
dwelleth". The "not"stands first by Figure of speech _Anastrophe._
App-6.
THE MOST HIGH. Greek. _hupsistos._ This, as. title of Deity, o...
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_Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as
saith the prophet_ The oldest authorities omit _temples_. We must
supply some English word to complete the sense; perhaps _houses_.
S...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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_THE TRUE TABERNACLE OF GOD ACTS 7:44-50:_ Israel had the tabernacle
of witness. The tabernacle was built according to the pattern shown
Moses. The Tabernacle was a perpetual witness between God and t...
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ΎΨΙΣΤΟΣ (G5310) Всевышний. В
эллинистических текстах это слово
относится к Зевсу, но в Септ, оно
используется как перевод_евр._ עלץ, Elyon
(EDNT; SB, 2:99; TDNT; Barrett),
ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΊΗΤΟΣ (G5499) рукотв...
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AND DESIRED TO FIND A TABERNACLE, &C.— 'Ητησατο, _made it his
petition._ From the account which the Scripture gives of David, it
appears how greatly he longed to find out a place for the Lord,—_an
hab...
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c.
Stephen's defence. Acts 7:1-53.
Acts 7:1
And the high priest said, Are these things so?
Acts 7:2
And he said,
Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our
father Abraham,...
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See notes on verse 44...
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as
saith the prophet,
HOWBEIT THE MOST HIGH DWELLETH NOT IN [TEMPLES] MADE WITH HANDS. The
word "temples," though in the Received Tex...
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41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that
which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of
worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
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7:48 High (d-4) See Luke 1:32 . prophet, (e-15) See Isaiah 66:1
,Isaiah 66:2 ....
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DEFENCE AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN
1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this
speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St.
Luke; for, (1) the speech does...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 7
STEPHEN’S SPEECH, PART 1: ABRAHAM’S *FAITH IN GOD, 7:1-8
V1 The *high priest asked Stephen, ‘Is this true?’ V2 Stephen
replied, ‘Listen, brot...
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HOWBEIT THE MOST HIGH DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES. — The sequel shows
the impression which these words made on the hearers. Stephen had
risen to the truth which, though it had been proclaimed before, had...
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ἀλλʼ οὐχ : But the presence of the Most High (in contrast to
the smallness of any building made by hands) was not so confined the
previous words must not be misunderstood by Stephen's hearers.
Solomon...
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A MARTYR'S GLORIOUS DEATH
Acts 7:47-60
Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the
audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to
have hastened the fin...
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The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple
and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history
of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
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God's True House
The pattern for the making of the tabernacle was one of the things God
revealed through Moses. Very clearly, Stephen noted that God intended
for His pattern to be followed exactly (H...
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But the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands. God is every
where, nor is his presence confined to the temple, which was already
once destroyed; and what if it be destroyed again, as Christ f...
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CHURCH EDIFICES
44-50. Here Stephen alludes to the grand spiritual meaning of the
portable tabernacle which God dictated to Moses on Sinai and the
beautiful symbolic significance of Solomon's temple....
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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the
wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a
bush. (31) When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he...
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First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among
the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ
Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
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Stephen, [11] as far as we are told, had not known the Lord during His
life on earth. Certainly he was not appointed, like the apostles, to
be a witness of that life. He was simply the instrument of t...
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HOWBEIT THE MOST HIGH DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS,....
Such an one as Solomon's was; he did indeed dwell in his temple, but
he was not confined to it, nor included in it, or circumscribed...
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as
saith the prophet,
Ver. 48. _Howbeit, the Most High dwelleth not_] This he subjoineth,
because the Jews bore themselves so bold upon...
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_Howbeit_ Αλλα, _but_, or _yet;_ we are not to imagine that God
permitted a temple to be built even then for his own sake: for it was
acknowledged, at the same time, by Solomon himself, that _the Most...
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The Tabernacle and the Temple:...
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The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then
God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some
time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
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" HOWEVER, THE MOST HIGH DOES NOT DWELL IN TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS, AS
THE PROPHET SAYS:
1. The charge against Stephen was his supposed contempt for the
Temple. He has now shown that The Temple was b...
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Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith
the prophet,
'AS SAITH THE PROPHET'-(Isaiah 2:1)...
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42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to
which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him.
It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the taberna...
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This is also St. Paul's doctrine, ACTS 17:21, which divers amongst the
wiser heathens were persuaded of; for God cannot be comprehended in
any place, no, not where he is worshipped; and therefore they...
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Acts 7:48 However G235 High G5310 not G3756 dwell G2730 (G5719) in
G1722 temples G3485 hands G5499 as G2531 prophet G4396 says G3004
(G5719)
the Most High - Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalms 7:17, Psalms 46:4...
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WHAT ISRAEL'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD'S DWELLINGPLACE HAD BEEN (7:44-50).
What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many
Hellenistic Jews, certainly in Alexandria where they were used...
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_Third Division of Stephens Speech._
Acts 7:37-53. _Moses and the Prophets._ Moses is again the central
figure of the history, but now he stands forward as the great
deliverer of the people. Stephen h...
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HOWBEIT
(αλλ'). By contrast with what Solomon did and David planned. Note
emphatic position of "not" (αλλ' ουχ), "But not does the Most
High dwell." The presence of the Most High is not confined in...
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Acts 6; Acts 7
Stephen.
From the history of Stephen we learn:
I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are
mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each
o...
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CONTENTS: Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Stephen, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
Joseph, Pharaoh, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Aaron, Solomon, Sau...
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The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will
be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed
his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shoul...
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OUR ANCESTORS HAD THE TENT OF GOD'S PRESENCE. [_Tabernacle_ is an old
word for _tent._] This tent was a "portable temple," and served to
focus the worship of God and act as a witness to the Covenant....
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_Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_
THE HIGH PRIEST AND HIS QUESTION
This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaphas. The
ex-officio president of the council called fo...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:1 Stephen’s defense is the longest speech in
Acts 1:1. It is a selective summary of OT history that turned the
charges on his accusers: _they_ were the ones disobeying God because...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 7:1. The high priest’s question, ARE THESE THINGS SO? analogous
to that put to Christ (Matthew 26:62), was equivalent to a modern
“Guilty or not guilty?”
Acts 7:2. Concerning...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 7:1
_And the high priest said _for then _said the high priest, _A.V. The
high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1. Acts
9:1 and Matthew 26:62). Theophilus the so...
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Let's turn tonight to Acts chapter 7.
In the early church when a dispute arose among the Grecians--that is,
those Jews of the Grecian culture. They were actually Jews, but they
had followed the Grecia...
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1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 6:18;
Acts 17:24; Acts 17:25; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 4:25; Daniel
4:
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The Most High. In contrast with heathen gods, who were confined to
their temples.
Temples made with hands [χ ε ι ρ ο π ο ι η τ ο ι ς ν α
ο ι ς]. The best texts omit naoiv, temples. The meaning is more...
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STEPHEN'S LAST WORDS AND MARTYRDOM
Acts 7:44
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great
benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44).
1. THE FATHERS HAD THE TABERN...
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Yet the Most High inhabiteth not temples made with hands — As
Solomon declared at the very dedication of the temple, 1 Kings 8:27.
The Most High — Whom as such no building can contain. Isaiah 66:1....