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Verse 38. _WITH THE ANGEL WHICH SPAKE TO HIM_] Stephen shows that
Moses received the law by the ministry of angels; and that he was only
a mediator between the angel of God and them.
_THE LIVELY ORA...
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IN THE CHURCH - The word “church” means literally “the people
called out,” and is applied with great propriety to the assembly or
multitude called out of Egypt, and separated from the world. It has
no...
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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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"It was this man who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up a
prophet from among your brothers, like me.' It was this Moses who was
in the gathering of the people in the wilderness, with the a...
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CHURCH. App-186.
LIVELY. living. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6.
ORACLES. utterances. Greek. _logion._ Only here; Romans 3:2. Heb 5:12.
1 Peter 4:11....
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_This is he, that was in the church_[CONGREGATION] _in the wilderness_
i.e. with the congregation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai.
_with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina_[SINAI] As in...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙ, _in the congregation_, i.e. with
the congregation of Israel assembled at Mt. Sinai.
ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΟΥ͂�, _with the angel_. As in 35, the angel is God
Himself; just so in Acts 7:31 the voice...
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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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ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Acts 7:13. Part, в
роли _subst._
ΕΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ (G1577) _dat. sing._ собрание, группа
собравшихся вместе людей, община
израильтян (BAGD).
ΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. par...
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THIS IS HE, THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH— When this clause is quoted, as
it has been by some great men, to prove that Christ was the person who
brought Israel out of Egypt, gave them the law, conducted them...
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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 38...
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This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who
received the lively oracles to give unto us:
THIS IS HE THAT WAS...
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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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IN THE CHURCH] i.e. in the congregation or assembly of all Israel at
Mt. Sinai when the Law was given and the Covenant made and ratified.
On this occasion Moses again typified Christ by acting as Medi...
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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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THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS. — The word _ecclesia_ is
used, as it had been in the LXX. (Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 23:1;
Psalms 26:12), for the “congregation” of Israel. Of the earlie...
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οὗτός : again emphatic use. ἐκκλησίᾳ : “in the
congregation,” R.V. margin: held in the wilderness for the giving of
the law, although the word does not occur in Exodus 19, but _cf._
Deuteronomy 31:30;...
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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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Israel's Rebellion
That very deliverer was the one who foresaw the day God would raise up
another prophet like him. Moses faithfully worked with those Jews who
had been called out of bondage. Through...
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_This is he who was in the Church [4] in the wilderness, after God had
by him delivered their Fathers out of their slavery in Egypt. --- An
angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. By this St. Stephen owns...
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THE CHURCH
36-38. _“This is the one who is in the church in the wilderness
along with the angel speaking to him in Mt. Sinai and with our
fathers.”_ As ecclesia, the word constantly used by the Holy G...
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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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38.Stephen proceedeth to set forth the frowardness (440) of the
people, who though they were provoked [stirred up] with so many
benefits of God, yet did they never cease maliciously to reject him.
If...
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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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THIS IS HE THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS,.... Which must be
understood of the children of Israel, who were the then church of God,
whom he had chosen and separated from the rest of the worl...
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This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in the mount Sina, and _with_ our fathers: who
received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Ver. 38. _Lively ora...
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Acts 7:37, 38. "This is that Moses which said unto the children of
Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your
brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear. This is he that was in...
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_This is that Moses which said, A prophet_, &c. Here Stephen shows
that there is no opposition between Moses and Christ. And it is
mentioned as one of the greatest honours God put upon Moses; nay, as...
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HE; Moses. Exodus 19:3-25....
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The disobedience of the Jews:...
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THIS IS HE THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS WITH THE ANGEL
WHICH SPAKE TO HIM IN THE MOUNT SINA AND WITH OUR FATHERS; WHO
RECEIVED THE LIVELY ORACLES TO GIVE UNTO US;...
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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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" THIS IS HE WHO WAS IN THE CONGREGATION IN THE WILDERNESS WITH THE
ANGEL WHO SPOKE TO HIM ON MOUNT SINAI, AND _WITH_ OUR FATHERS, THE ONE
WHO RECEIVED THE LIVING ORACLES TO GIVE TO US,
1. The KJV us...
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This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who
received living oracles to give unto us:
'CHURCH'-Not in the sense o...
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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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IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS; or congregation; with the rest of the
people in all their difficult journey. THE ANGEL; see ACTS 7:30. THE
LIVELY ORACLES; God's law and word is so called, as the only...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
figures which ye made to worship them; "[177]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
And when the gold out of the necklaces of the women and the rings of
the men had bee...
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Acts 7:38 This G3778 he G2076 (G5748) was G1096 (G5637) in G1722
congregation G1577 in G1722 wilderness...
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‘This is he who was in the congregation (church) in the wilderness
with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our
fathers, who received living oracles to give to us. To whom our
fath...
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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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Acts 7:38. THIS IS HE, THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS.
‘God's church,' writes Wordsworth here, ‘is not limited to
_Judæ._ It was in the _wilderness;_ and _there_ Moses, your great
lawgiver,...
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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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IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS
(εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω). Better rendered
"congregation" here as in Hebrews 2:12 (Psalms 22:22), the people of
Israel gathered at Mt. Sinai, the whole nation. Mos...
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CHURCH
Israel in the land is never called a church. In the wilderness Israel
was a true church (Greek, "ecclesia" means "called-out assembly"), but
in striking contrast with the New Testament ecclesi...
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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 IS THE ONE. That is, Moses. Stephen still shows them their
ancestors did not honor Moses. THE ANGEL WHO SPOKE TO HIM. Compare
Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19. GOD'S LIVING MESSAGE. The Law. Compare
Roman...
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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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_This is he … who received the lively oracles to give unto us._
LIVING ORACLE
Whatever sense “lively” (A.V.) may once have had, it can only now
mislead: it is limited to certain special characteristi...
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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 7:38 CONGREGATION. The characteristic NT word for
“church.” The idea that the law was mediated by angels was well
established in Judaism. It is repeated in v. Acts 7:53
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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 Peter 4:11; Acts 7:30; Acts 7:35; Acts 7:53; Deuteronomy 30:19;...
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Lively. Better, living, as Rev. Compare 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:5....
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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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This is he — Moses. With the angel, and with our fathers — As a
mediator between them. Who received the living oracles — Every
period beginning with, And the Lord said unto Moses, is properly an
oracl...