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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 O...
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BUT HE THAT DID ... - Intent on his purpose, filled with rage and
passion, he rejected all interference, and all attempts at peace. It
is usually the man that does the injury that is unwilling to be
r...
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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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MOSES. Stephen describes the growth of the people, the change of ruler
and his oppression, as in Exodus 1.
ACTS 7:20. FAIR UNTO GOD (_mg._): from Exodus 2:2; Philo and Josephus
speak of the beauty o...
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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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"When the time for the fulfillment of the promise which God had told
to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
until there arose another king in Egypt who had no knowledge of...
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THRUST HIM AWAY. Greek. _apotheomai._ Only here. Acts 7:39; Acts
13:46; Romans 11:1, Rom 11:2. 1 Timothy 1:19.
JUDGE. Greek. dikastes.
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ἘΦ' ἩΜΩ͂Ν with אABCHP....
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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_THE JEWISH NATION AND THE LAND OF EGYPT ACTS 7:9-43:_ The patriarchs
sold Joseph into Egypt. Envy caused Joseph's brothers to sell him into
Egypt as a slave. God was with Joseph and gave him favor wi...
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ΆΔΙΧΏΝ _praes._ ait. _part., см._ Acts 7:24. Part, в роли
_subst._
ΆΠΏΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΩΘΈΟΜΑΙ (G683)
отталкивать от себя,
ΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 7:10; с
двойным _асс...
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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 17...
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But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
thee a ruler and a judge over us?
BUT HE THAT DID HIS NEIGHBOUR WRONG THRUST HIM AWAY, SAYING, WHO MADE
THEE A RULER AND A JUD...
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18 It is probable that the lot of Israel in Egypt was pleasant under
the dynasty which was acquainted with Joseph, who made these rulers
absolute masters in Egypt, for he got for them all the silver a...
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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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WHO MADE THEE A RULER AND A JUDGE? — The stress laid on this
afterwards, in Acts 7:35, shows that it took its place in the
induction which was to show that the whole history of Israel had been
marked...
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ἀπώσατο for Attic ἀπεώσατο (see also Acts 7:45), not
found in the O.T. parallel, but added by Stephen, _cf._ Acts 7:38,
compare LXX, Jeremiah 4:30. The word may be introduced to emphasize
the contumac...
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STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: THE DELIVERER FROM BONDAGE
Acts 7:14-29
Moses, we are here told, was “mighty in words;” that is, in
eloquence as well as in deeds. This confirms the statement of the
Jewish histori...
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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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Moses' Rejection By God's People
Into such a climate, Moses was born, a child particularly pleasing to
God. He was hidden by his parents for three months. Afterward, God
caused him to be found by Phar...
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Cultured all his life in the Egyptian idolatry, flooded with all the
learning of the world, the greatest military general on the globe,
born with redoubtable physical courage, and a total stranger to...
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MOSES TYPICAL OF CHRIST
17-40. While Joseph so beautifully and vividly emblematizes King
Jesus, both in His humiliation and in His glory, Moses equally grandly
emblematizes the mediatorial Christ, him...
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (18) Till another
king arose, which knew not Joseph. (19) The same dealt subtlety w...
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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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BUT HE THAT DID HIS NEIGHBOUR WRONG,.... Who seems to be the same
person whom Moses had defended the day before; and, according to the
Jews, must be Dathan a: the same
THRUST HIM AWAY; from them, whe...
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But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Ver. 27. _He that did the wrong_] None so ready to except and exclaim,
as the wrong doer; the p...
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_The next day he showed himself unto them_ Of his own accord,
unexpectedly; _as they strove_ As they were quarrelling with each
other; _and would have set them at one_ That is, by interposing
between...
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Persons who are most evidently in the wrong are generally the most
forward and earnest in opposing those who would set them right; and
the best endeavors to persuade men to live in peace are often met...
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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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BUT HE WHO DID HIS NEIGHBOR WRONG PUSHED HIM AWAY, SAYING, _‘WHO
MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE OVER US?_
1. Our natural response to those who step in - Who died and made you
boss?
2. Are you our king...
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But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
thee. ruler and. judge over us?
'WHO MADE THEE. RULER AND. JUDGE OVER US?-'Who gave you the right to
boss us around...What makes yo...
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17-29 Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of
God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the
church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their...
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The injurious are most averse from peace, and one sin makes way for
another. This was a causeless cavil, especially from such a one as had
known what Moses had done, as an essay of his being the deliv...
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Acts 7:27 But G1161 did G91 neighbor G4139 wrong G91 (G5723) pushed
G683 him G846 away G683 (G56
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FROM ABRAHAM TO THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES - REPLY TO THE CHARGE OF
BLASPHEMY AGAINST GOD AND MOSES (7:2-43).
The only way Stephen had of replying to charges of blasphemy when he
had no supporting witness...
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‘And the day following he appeared to them as they strove, and would
have set them at one again, saying, “Sirs, you are brethren; why do
you do wrong one to another?” But he who did his neighbour wron...
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Acts 7:27. WHO MADE THEE A RULER AND A JUDGE OVER US? The words of
these Israelites evidently express the general feelings of all the
people toward Moses at this juncture, and so he understood them....
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_Second Division of the Speech,_ 17-36. _The Age of Moses._
The second part of the defence commences with the long-looked-for
approach of the time when ‘the promise,' now centuries old, should
be fulf...
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THRUST HIM AWAY
(απωσατο αυτον). First aorist middle indicative (_Koine_
for Attic απεωσατο) of απωθεω, to push away from oneself
in middle voice as here, common in old Greek. Again in verse Acts
7:...
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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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Acts 7:14. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and
all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into
Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, and were carried over...
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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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WHEN MOSES WAS FORTY YEARS OLD. Exodus 2:11-15. The point Stephen
brings out, is that Israel rejected Moses, just as they did Joseph and
Jesus. Yet they knew how God had chosen both Joseph and Moses t...
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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 for...
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_In which time Moses was born._
MOSES, A MAN OF GOD AND A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
I. From the people, according to flesh and blood.
II. Above the people, according to spirit and character.
III. For the...
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_And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
his brethren._
THE PATRIOTISM OF MOSES
I. Long nursed--“forty years.”
1. Inspired by his mother. The precious time during which...
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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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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 7:18. ANOTHER KING WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH.—This was Aahmes, the
first monarch of the eighteenth dynasty, “a prince of great force of
character, brave, active, energetic, libera...
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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...
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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 Samuel 25:14; 1 Samuel 25:15; Acts 3:13; Acts 4:11; Acts 4:12;...
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STEPHEN'S APOLOGY
Acts 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
After charges against Stephen had been placed, the High Priest with a
show of honor, said, "Are these things so?" Stephen then stood forth
and made his...
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Who appointed thee — "Under the presence of the want of a call by
man, the instruments of God are often rejected....