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ACTS 7:43 evpe,keina Babulw/noj
The reading of codex Bezae evpi. @ta. me,#rh Babulw/noj (“into the
parts of Babylon”), instead of evpe,keina Babulw/noj (“beyond
Babylon”; compare the Septuagint 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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Verse 43. _YE TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH, AND THE STAR OF_
_YOUR GOD REMPHAN, FIGURES WHICH YE MADE TO WORSHIP THEM._] This is a
literal translation of the place, as it stands in the _Septuagin...
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YEA, YE TOOK UP - That is, you bore, or you carried with you, for
purposes of idolatrous worship.
THE TABERNACLE - This word properly means a “tent”; but it is also
applied to the small tent or house...
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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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_Yea, ye took up_, &c. Read, AND _ye took up_. The conjunction is the
ordinary copulative, and the thought is continuous, "Your hearts were
after your idols, and ye took up their images," more truly t...
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Omit ὑμῶν before ῬΕΦΆΝ with BD. _Vulg_. has vestri.’
43. ΚΑῚ�. Render, _and ye took up_. The conjunction is the
ordinary copulative, and the thought is continuous, ‘your hearts
were after your idols,...
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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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ΆΝΕΛΆΒΕΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G353)
подбирать, брать,
ΆΣΤΡΟΝ (G798) _асс. sing._ звезда, созвездие.
Возможно, упоминание об ассирийском
или египетском обычае поклонения
планете Сатурн как...
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THEN GOD TURNED,— See Romans 1:21. Psalms 81:11. There were two
sorts of idolatry; namely, the worshipping the true God by idol
mediators, and terminating their worship upon false Gods. Israel began
w...
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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 41...
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Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you
away beyond Babylon.
YEA (RATHER, 'AND' - [ Kai (G2532 )]) YE...
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41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that
which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of
worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
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7:43 Yea (b-1) Quoted from the LXX. 'Yea' here has the force of 'Nay,
but.'...
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YE TOOK UP] viz. to carry in a religious procession, or, to carry from
one halting-place to another. THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH] a profane
imitation of the tabernacle of Jehovah. Moloch (Molech, or Milc...
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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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YE TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH. — The verb implies the
up-lifting of the tabernacle of Moloch, in the same manner as the ark
was borne (Exodus 25:14; 1 Kings 2:26), as a sacred ensign in the
marc...
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The answer of God to His own question: καί should be explained
“ye actually took up” (“yea,” R.V., in Amos 5:26);
ἀνελάβετε, “ye took up,” _i.e._, to carry in procession
from one halting place to anot...
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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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Yea, ye (q) took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you
away beyond Babylon.
(q) You took it upon your shoulders an...
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And you, that is, your forefathers, took unto you the tabernacle of
Moloch. He reproaches the Jews with their idolatry and worship of
different false gods, from time to time, notwithstanding God's
com...
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_“You took up the statue of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan,
images which you made, to worship them; and I will carry you away
beyond Babylon.”_ Moloch is the Tyrian word and Remphan the Copti...
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IDOLATRY IN THE WILDERNESS
40-43. While Moses tarries forty days on the summit of Sinai,
complimented as no other man with the very audience of Jehovah,
revealing to him the wonderful truth which he w...
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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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43._You took to you the tabernacle of Moloch. _Some take the
copulative for the adversative [particle,] as if he should say, Yea,
rather, ye worshipped the idol. It may be resolved also into the
conju...
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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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YEA, YE TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH,.... Sometimes called Molech,
and sometimes Milcorn; it was the god of the Ammonites, and the same
with Baal: the one signifies king, and the other lord; and w...
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Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you
away beyond Babylon.
Ver. 43. _Of your god Remphan_] Amos 5:26,...
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_Then God turned_ Upon this, God, being most righteously provoked,
turned away from them in anger, and, as in many other instances,
punished one sin by letting them fall into another; and at length ga...
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MOLOCH-REMPHAN; idol gods. Stephen does not quote the exact words of
the prophet, but following the Septuagint, gives the sense, as in
verses Acts 7:48-49, and in other places....
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YEA, YE TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF YOUR GOD
REMPHAN, FIGURES WHICH YE MADE TO WORSHIP THEM; AND I WILL CARRY YOU
AWAY BEYOND BABYLON.
Stephen here supplements the account of the...
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God's rejection of 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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_YOU ALSO TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH, AND THE STAR OF YOUR GOD
REMPHAN, IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP; AND_ _I WILL CARRY YOU AWAY
BEYOND BABYLON._ '__
1. Moloch - A king god of the Ammonite...
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And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god
Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And. will carry you
away beyond Babylon.
'TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH'-The idolatry which s...
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42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers,
to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking
him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabern...
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TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE, on their shoulders, as they did the ark. OF
MOLOCH; the idol of the children of Ammon, which the Israelites were
especially forbidden to worship, LEVITICUS 18:21, LEVITICUS 20:...
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Acts 7:43 also G2532 up G353 (G5627) tabernacle G4633 Moloch G3434 And
G2532 star G798 your G5216 god...
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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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‘But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it
is written in the book of the prophets,
“Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
Forty years in the wilderness, O house...
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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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Acts 7:43. YEA, YE TOOK UP THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH. This Tabernacle
was a small portable tent which sheltered the image of the idol; this
they carried about with them from one place of encampment to...
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THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH
(την σκηνην του Μολοχ). Or tent of Moloch which they
took up after each halt instead of the tabernacle of Jehovah. Moloch
was the god of the Amorites to whom children were...
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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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BUT OUR ANCESTORS REFUSED TO OBEY HIM. These verses sum up the
disobedience of Israel. Stephen shows that the rejection of Jesus has
roots deep in their own past. Compare Exodus 16:3; Exodus 17:4; Exo...
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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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_To whom our fathers would not obey._
THE SIN OF ISRAEL
I. Its manifold nature.
1. Disobedience (Acts 7:39). There is hardly a phase of Jewish history
in which this sin does not appear. It was manif...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:42 Stephen continues his description of
Israel’s idolatry during their occupation of the Promised Land, when
they worshiped stars and planets (THE HOST OF HEAVEN). To establish
thi...
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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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2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; Amos 5:27;
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Tabernacle of Moloch. The portable tent - temple of the God, to be
carried in procession. Moloch was an Ammonite idol to whom children
were sacrificed. According to Rabbinical tradition, his image was...
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Ye took up — Probably not long after the golden calf: but secretly;
else Moses would have mentioned it. The shrine — A small, portable
chapel, in which was the image of their god. Moloch was the plane...