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ACTS 7:31-34
The manuscript copG67 is unique in making extensive additions to
Stephen’s account from the Old Testament and from tradition: “…
as he [Moses] drew near to look (there came the voice of...
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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 7:34 auvtw/n
Since the singular number auvtou/ (B D 321 1838 syrp) is the more
correct form grammatically (it refers to tou/ laou/), it is probable
that auvtw/n (î74 a...
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I HAVE SEEN ... - The repetition of this word is in accordance with
the usage of the Hebrew writers when they wish to represent anything
emphatically.
THEIR GROANING - Under their oppressions.
AM CO...
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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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I HAVE SEEN,. HAVE SEEN.. Hebraism. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._
App-6. Literally Seeing,. saw.
AFFLICTION. wrong. Greek. _kakosis_. Only here. Compare Kakoo, verses:
Acts 7:6; Acts 7:19.
GROANING....
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_I have seen, I have seen_ The Greek is an attempt to imitate an
emphatic Hebrew construction, and is literally "having seen, I have
seen," which in idiomatic English = "I have surely seen," by which...
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Here we have in substance the history as given in Exodus 3:2-10....
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These verses give in substance the history as recorded in Exodus
3:2-10...
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ἈΠΟΣΤΕΊΛΩ with אABCDE. _Vulg_. ‘mittam.’
34. ἸΔῺΝ ΕΙ͂ΔΟΝ, _I have seen, I have seen_. Literally,
‘having seen I have seen.’ This construction is employed in the
LXX. continually to represent the Hebre...
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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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ΕΙΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΚΆΚΩΣΙΣ (G2561) плохое обращение,
ΣΤΕΝΑΓΜΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΣΤΕΝΑΓΜΌΣ (G4726)
вздохи, стоны, вызванные тяжелой
заботой или потрясением (LN, 1:305). _Ge...
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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 30...
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I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in
Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver
them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
I HAVE SEEN, I...
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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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7:34 it; (e-30) It has the sense of 'taking to or for oneself,' not
merely deliverance as by removing the scourge, but by taking the
people....
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I WILL SEND] rather, 'let me send.'...
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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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THEN SAID THE LORD TO HIM.... — The words are almost a verbal
reproduction of Exodus 3:5; Exodus 3:7. The citation was in part an
implied answer to the charge of disregarding the sanctity of places in...
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ἰδὼν εἶδον : Hebraism, so LXX, Exodus 3:7, and so
frequently, _e.g._, Psalms 40:1, _cf._ Matthew 13:14; Hebrews 6:14 ...
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STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: DISOBEDIENCE IN THE WILDERNESS
Acts 7:30-46
The angel who appeared in the bush that burned with fire was the angel
of God's presence, who saved the Israelites and bare them and car...
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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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_“Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people, who are in Egypt,
and have heard their groaning, and come down to deliver them; now come
hither, I will send thee into Egypt.”_ The divine economy, Go...
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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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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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34._In seeing I have seen. _God promiseth now that he will deliver his
people, that he may appoint Moses to be his minister afresh, because
the former objection was taken away by so long space of time...
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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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I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE SEE THE AFFLICTION OF MY PEOPLE, c] The repetition
of the phrase denotes the certainty of it, the exquisite and exact
knowledge the Lord took of the affliction of his people, and h...
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I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in
Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver
them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Ver. 34. _I have...
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_When forty years were expired_ That is, forty after his leaving
Egypt; during which time Israel had continued under this bondage, and
Moses, inured to hardships and poverty, and to contemplation and...
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I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE SEEN THE AFFLICTION OF MY PEOPLE WHICH IS IN
EGYPT, AND I HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANING, AND AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER
THEM. AND NOW COME, I WILL SEND THEE INTO EGYPT.
When forty years w...
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The call 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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34_ I HAVE SURELY_ _SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN EGYPT;
I HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANING AND HAVE COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM. AND
NOW COME, I WILL_ _SEND YOU TO EGYPT._ "'__
1. God is aware...
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30-41 Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he
sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness,
and there speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a...
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I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE SEEN; seeing I have seen, I have attentively seen
and considered; it is doubled to show the certainty of it: if earthly
parents, especially, look after their children when weak, mu...
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Acts 7:34 surely G1492 (G5631) seen G1492 (G5627) oppression G2561 my
G3450 people G2992 who G3588 in...
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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 Lord said to him, “Loose the shoes from your feet, for
the place on which you stand is holy ground. I have surely seen the
affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their
groan...
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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 7:34. AND AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM. That is, from His throne
in heaven. This is the ordinary language used when speaking of the
Eternal in His relations with men. So Isaiah 66:1: ‘Thus saith...
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I HAVE SURELY SEEN
(ιδων ειδον). Imitation of the Hebrew infinitive absolute,
(Exodus 3:7) "Seeing I saw" (cf. Hebrews 6:14).THE AFFLICTION
(την κακωσιν). From κακοω, to treat evilly (from
κακος,...
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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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AFTER FORTY YEARS HAD PASSED. God's choosing and sending Moses is told
in Exodus 3:1-10....
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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 the forty years were expired there appeared to him an angel
of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush._
THE BURNING BUSH
A sign and a type--
I. Of Israel. As in Egypt, it resembled a degen...
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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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Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:10; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:8;...
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I have seen, I have seen [ι δ ω ν ε ι δ ο ν]. Lit., having
seen I saw. A Hebraism. See Exodus 3:7 (Sept.). Compare Jude 1:28 :
utterly drive them out; lit., removing did not utterly remove. Jude
1:4 :...
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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...