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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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ACTS 7:24
The Western text adds details from the Septuagint of Exodus 2:11-12,
“And seeing one _of his race_ (evk tou/ ge,nouj auvtou/, D E syrp, h
with * copG67 eth [D omits...
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Verse Acts 7:24. _SMOTE THE EGYPTIAN_] See this explained, Exodus
2:11, Exodus 2:12 (note)....
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SUFFER WRONG - The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting
the Hebrew, Exodus 2:11.
SMOTE THE EGYPTIAN - He slew him, and buried him in the sand,...
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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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"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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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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SEEING. Greek. _eidon._ App-133.
SUFFER WRONG. being wronged. Greek. _adikeo._ Compare App-128.
DEFENDED. Greek. _amunomai._ Only here.
AVENGED. took vengeance (Greek. _ekdikesis._ Here, Luke 18:7;...
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_and smote the Egyptian_ i.e. killed him. See Exodus 2:12....
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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ΚΑΤΑΠΟΝΟΥΜΈΝΩΙ, _oppressed_. The word is used 2Ma 8:2 of
the suffering Jews in the time of Judas Maccabæus, though some MSS.
there give καταπατούμενον = _downtrodden_.
ΠΑΤΆΞΑΣ, _having smitten_, i.e....
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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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ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΆΔΙΚΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΆΔΙΚΈΩ
(G91) поступать неправедно,
несправедливо обращаться с кем-л.; _pass._
страдать от несправедли...
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AND SEEING ONE OF THEM SUFFER, &C.— See Exodus 2:11 where the word
is מכה _meche,_ which sometimes signifies to _smite_ so as to kill;
and the Israelite is here represented as καταπονουμενω,
_subdued...
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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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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him
that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
AND SEEING ONE OF THEM SUFFER WRONG, HE DEFENDED HIM, AND, AVENGED
HIM THAT WAS OPP...
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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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AND AVENGED HIM. — The Greek phrase is noticeable as identical with
that used by St. Luke (Luke 18:7) in reporting the lesson drawn by our
Lord from the parable of the Unjust Judge....
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ἀδικούμενον, “wronged,” _i.e._, by blows, Exodus 2:11.
ἠμύνατο : only here in N.T. (_sc._, τὸν
ἀδικοῦντα); in active the verb means to defend, “debebat
scribere ἤμυνε,” says Blass, but in the middle i...
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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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24._When he saw a certain man. _Moses came not to this spectacle by
chance, but forasmuch as God had appointed him to be the deliverer of
his people, he would have him show forth this token, and, as i...
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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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AND SEEING ONE OF THEM SUFFER WRONG,.... Beza's Cambridge copy, and
one of Stephens's, and one in the Bodleian library add, "of his own
kindred": and so Exodus 2:11 he is said to be "one of his brethr...
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And seeing one _of them_ suffer wrong, he defended _him_, and avenged
him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Ver. 24. _And avenged him_] Wherein haply he was too hasty to do
justice before h...
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_When he was forty years old_ So long he continued in Pharaoh's court;
_it came into his heart_ Probably by an impulse from God; _to visit
his brethren_ He having been instructed, it appears, in the k...
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AND SEEING ONE OF THEM SUFFER WRONG, HE DEFENDED HIM, AND AVENGED HIM
THAT WAS OPPRESSED, AND SMOTE THE EGYPTIAN;...
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Moses attempts to deliver his people:...
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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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AND SEEING ONE OF _THEM_ SUFFER WRONG, HE DEFENDED AND AVENGED HIM WHO
WAS OPPRESSED, AND STRUCK DOWN THE EGYPTIAN.
1. He witnessed the abuse that others were suffering under bondage.
2. Moses struc...
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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him
that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
'SEEING'-He decided to take things into his own hands (see Exodus
2:11)....
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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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Acts 7:24 And G2532 seeing G1492 (G5631) one G5100 wrong G91 (G5746)
defended G292 (G5662) and...
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‘But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one of them
suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed,
s...
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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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_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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Acts 7:24. SUFFER WRONG. That is, injured by blows, as in Exodus 2:11.
AND SMOTE THE EGYPTIAN. He struck the Egyptian who did the wrong so
as to kill him. ‘The Egyptian,' simply without any previous...
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SUFFER WRONG
(αδικουμενον). Present passive participle of αδικηο.
By blows (Exodus 2:11).AVENGED
(εποιησεν εκδικησιν). First aorist active indicative
of ποιεω. This idiom occurs in Luke 18:7 with...
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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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_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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_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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_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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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 7:18. 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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_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...
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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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Acts 7:28; John 18:10; John 18:11; John 18:25...
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Defended [η μ υ ν α τ ο]. Only here in New Testament. The word
means originally to ward off from one's self, with a collateral notion
of requital or revenge....
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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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Seeing one wronged — Probably by one of the task masters....