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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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Verse Acts 7:22. _IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS_] Who were, at
that time, the most intelligent and best instructed people in the
universe. Philo says, Moses was taught _arithmetic, geometry,_
_p...
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MOSES WAS LEARNED - Or, was “instructed.” It does not mean that he
had that learning, but that he was carefully “trained” or educated
in that wisdom. The passage does not express the fact that Moses w...
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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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LEARNED. educated. Greek. _paideuo._
IN ALL, &C. This included the mysteries of the Egyptian religion, as
all education was in the hands of the priests.
WORDS. Greek. _logos._ App-121.
DEEDS. works...
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_And Moses was learned_[instructed] _in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians_ As was to be expected if he were designed for the kingdom.
The wisdom on which the Jewish traditions most dwell is the power of...
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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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ΈΠΑΙΔΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΑΙΔΕΎΩ (G3811)
воспитывать, обучать, наставлять.
Иосиф Флавий говорит, что он был
воспитан ("был взращен"),
ΈΤΡΈΦΕΤΟ, с большим тщанием (Jos., Ant.,
2:236). Филон утве...
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DISCOURSE: 1756
THE ZEAL OF MOSES
Acts 7:22. _And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
and was mighty in words and in deeds. And when he was full forty years
old, it came into his he...
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MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS,— Where the
wisdom of a man is spoken of, that which is characteristic of it must
needs be meant; where the wisdom of a particular man, that which...
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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 Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was
mighty in words and in deeds.
AND MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS, [
epaideuthee (G3811) en (G1722) pasee (G39...
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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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LEARNED] i.e. taught. Undoubtedly true, though not mentioned in the
OT. 'The wisdom of the Egyptians' consisted of natural science, magic,
astronomy, medicine, and mathematics, and was mainly in the h...
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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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MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS. — Better, _was
trained,_ or _instructed._ There is no direct statement to this effect
in the history of the Pentateuch, but it was implied in Mose...
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ἐπαιδεύθη, _cf._ Acts 22:3 here with instrumental dative,
or, better, dative of respect or manner; not mentioned in Exodus, but
see Philo, _Vita Moys._, ii., 83, Mang., and also Schürer, _Jewish
Peopl...
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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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In words and in deeds. Moses was persuasive and powerful in reasoning;
but had an impediment in his speech, as we know from Exodus iv. 10.
and iv. 12. He possessed, moreover, strength, energy, and gra...
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_“Indeed Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and
was mighty in his words and deeds.”_ God needed in Moses the highest
scholarship in the world to reveal the Bible, write the Pentate...
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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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22.Whereas Luke reporteth that he was taught in _all wisdom _of the
Egyptians, he putteth that in his commendation as a point of
excellency. Notwithstanding, it might have so fallen out, as it doth
of...
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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 MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS, c,] Which
was reckoned very considerable: 1 Kings 4:30 Philo the Jew says e that
he learned arithmetic, geometry, and every branch of music, t...
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And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was
mighty in words and in deeds.
Ver. 22. _And Moses was learned_] See my Common Place of Arts.
Lactantius saith of Tertullian, that he...
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_Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians_ Which was then
celebrated in all the world, and for many ages after. Geography,
geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, natural history, physic, and
hie...
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AND MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND WAS
MIGHTY IN WORDS AND IN DEEDS.
After the death of Jacob, of Joseph, and the patriarchs, the sojourn
of the children of Israel in Egypt...
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The birth and youth of Moses:...
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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 MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND WAS
MIGHTY IN WORDS AND DEEDS.
1. For 40 years, Moses grew up, trained, taught, and groomed in the
palace. He had the education that no o...
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And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he
was mighty in his words and works.
'MOSES'-4872. Mosheh mo-sheh'; from 4871; drawing out (of the water),
i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the...
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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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LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS; the Egyptians were
anciently famous for learning, especially in astronomy, and some other
parts of philosophy. MIGHTY IN WORDS; he was eloquent. AND IN DEED...
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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
Josephus says, that when Moses had been brought up in the royal
palaces, he was chosen as general against the Ethiopians; and having
proved victorious, ob...
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Acts 7:22 And G2532 Moses G3475 learned G3811 (G5681) all G3956 wisdom
G4678 Egyptians G124 and G1161 was...
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‘And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and
nourished him for her own son. And Moses was instructed in all the
wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and works.'
Bu...
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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 7:22. AND MOSES WAS LEARNED IN ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS.
Egypt was even at that early period famed for her learning, for her
proficiency in art and science. We find the wisest of the Greek...
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WAS INSTRUCTED
(επαιδευθη). First aorist passive indicative of
παιδευω, to train a child (παις), the usual idea in ancient
Greek as here. The notion of chastisement (Hebrews 12:6) is also in
the old...
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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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HE WAS TAUGHT ALL THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS. He was raised as the
son of Pharaoh's daughter (Hebrews 11:24)....
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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 7:22 Moses’ education in Egyptian wisdom is not
mentioned in the OT, but it was well established in Jewish tradition.
⇐...
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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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1 Kings 4:29; 2 Chronicles 9:22; Daniel 1:17; Daniel 1:4; Isaiah 19:1
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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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In all the wisdom of the Egyptians — Which was then celebrated in
all the world, and for many ages after. And mighty in words — Deep,
solid, weighty, though not of a ready utterance....