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ACTS 7:1
After ei=pen de. o` avrciereu,j the Western text (D E itgig, h vgmss
copG67) adds the very natural supplement tw|/ Stefa,nw|....
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CHAPTER VII.
_Stephen, being permitted to answer for himself relative to the_
_charge of blasphemy brought against him by his accusers, gives_
_a circumstantial relation of the call of Abraham, whe...
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THEN SAID THE HIGH PRIEST - See the notes on Matthew 2:4. In this case
the high priest seems to have presided in the council.
ARE THESE THINGS SO? - To wit, the charge alleged against him of
blasphem...
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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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ABRAHAM AND THE PATRIARCHS. The High Priest invites Stephen to plead
to the charge. Addressing his audience in the style used by Paul (Acts
22:1), Stephen speaks of the theophany to Abraham, placing i...
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The high priest said, "Is this so?" And Stephen said, "Men, brothers
and fathers, listen to what I have to say. The God of glory appeared
to Abraham our father when he was in Mesopotamia, before he li...
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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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ARE THESE THINGS SO. If (App-118. a) these things are so....
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_Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_ Read, _And the high
priest said_, &c. Thus he called upon Stephen to answer the charges
laid against him....
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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ἄρα before ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ omitted with אABC. The _Vulg_. has
nothing to express it.
1. ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and the high-priest said_: thus
calling on Stephen for his defence.
ΕἸ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. On εἰ with the indicat...
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_THE CALL OF ABRAHAM ACTS 7:1-8:_ The High Priest wanted to know if
the things said about Stephen were true. Stephen's faith in Hebrew
history was strong because he knew it was God at work. Stephen be...
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ΕΊ (G1487) вводит прямой вопрос.
Обвиняемому предлагается защищаться
в ответ на обвинения (Haenchen).
ΈΧΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь,
держать; букв.: "держат ли данные вещи?"
(RWP). Воп...
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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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VII: 1. “_Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_”
Stephen responds in a long and powerful discourse.
There is great diversity of opinion among commentators, as to the
logical bearing and con...
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Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
THEN SAID THE HIGH PRIEST, ARE THESE THINGS SO? Stephen defends
himself by a Historical Sketch of God's procedure toward Israel, and
of Israel's con...
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13 These synagogues were doubtless very lax in their adherence to the
Jewish law and customs, yet they are not ashamed to charge Stephen
with this, in order to inflame the Sanhedrin against him. The f...
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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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CHAPTER 15
ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION.
Acts 6:12; Acts 7:1
ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the
primitive deacons. Stephen, however, much surp...
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The question of the high priest breaks in upon the silence
(Holtzmann). St. Chrysostom, _Hom._, xv., thought that the mildness of
the inquiry showed that the assembly was overawed by St. Stephen's
pre...
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STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: GOD'S FIRST CALLED ONES
Acts 7:1-13
There are several touches in this eloquent apology which deserve
notice. Acts 7:2: “The God of glory.” This chapter begins and ends
with glory....
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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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A Face Like an Angel
Perhaps Paul reported to Luke the remarkable appearance of the face of
Stephen. Luke told Theophilus that those in the council saw Stephen's
face "as the face of an angel." The cl...
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Then (1) said the high priest, Are these things so?
(1) Steven is allowed to plead his cause, but for this reason and
purpose, that under a disguise and pretence of the Law he might be
condemned....
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Are these things so? The high priest speaks after this mild manner,
being either terrified, or charmed with his angelical countenance. St.
Stephen's design in this discourse, was to shew them, first,...
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EXPATRIATION
1-7. Despite the awful doom of the antediluvians, the people after the
flood soon became terribly wicked. While they constantly ploughed up
the bones of their antediluvian predecessors, f...
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CONTENTS
The History of Stephen is continued. He preacheth before the Council;
is interrupted in the Midst of his Discourse by his Enemies; dragged
forth from before the Council, and stoned.
Acts 7:...
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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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1.There appeareth as yet some color of equity in the high priest and
in the council; and yet, notwithstanding, there is a most unjust
prejudice in his words; for he asketh him not what cause he had to...
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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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THEN SAID THE HIGH PRIEST,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "to him";
that is, to Stephen; for to him he addressed himself: or he "asked
him", as the Syriac version renders it; he put the following ques...
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Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Ver. 1. _Are these things so?_] A Fire hearing Stephen should have,
but his death was beforehand resolved on....
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_Then said the high-priest_ Who was president of the council, and, as
such, the mouth of the court; _Are these things so?_ Are they as these
witnesses have deposed? for thou art permitted to speak for...
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SO; as his accusers had said....
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THEN SAID THE HIGH PRIEST, ARE THESE THINGS SO?...
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THE DEFENSE OF STEPHEN AND HIS DEATH.
Stephen refers to the call of Abraham:...
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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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Then the high priest said, " Are these things so? "
1. The charge was made in Acts 6:14. "Jesus said He would destroy the
Temple and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
1. The "temple...
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And the high priest said, Are these things so?
'THE HIGH PRIEST'-Since Caiaphas was not deposed until 36 A.D., it
seems that he was the high priest presiding over this trial.
'ARE THESE THINGS SO?'-...
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1-16 Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from
the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values
himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to...
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ACTS CHAPTER 7 ACTS 7:1 Stephen, called upon to answer the charge
against him, relateth how God called Abraham, and gave him and his
seed the land of Canaan by promise, ACTS 7:9 how Joseph was sold by...
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VII: 1. “_ Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_”
Stephen responds in a long and powerful discourse.
There is great diversity of opinion among commentators, as to the
logical bearing and co...
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Acts 7:1 Then G1161 priest G749 said G2036 (G5627) Are G1487 G686
G2192 (G5719) things G5023
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‘And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” '
We are left to recognise that the High Priest, the chairman of the
tribunal, has had the charges laid out before the court. He then turns
to Stephe...
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Acts 7:1. Then said the high priest, Are these things so? A hush seems
to have fallen on the council as they watched that strange unearthly
brightness light up the countenance of the accused, and in s...
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ARE THESE THINGS SO?
(ε ταυτα ουτως εχε). On this use of ε in a direct
question see on Acts 1:6. Literally "Do these things hold thus?" A
formal question by the high priest like our "Do you plead gu...
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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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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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IS THIS REALLY SO? That is, "What do you have to say in your own
defence?...
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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 7:1. 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 6:13; Acts 6:14; John 18:19; John 18:33; Mark 14:58;...
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Then said the high - priest. "The glorified countenance of Stephen has
caused a pause of surprise and admiration, which the high - priest
interrupts by calling upon the accused for his defense" (Gloag...
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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 chapter contains St. Stephen's apology, or defensative plea which
he makes for himself: The Jews had in the foregoing chapter accused
him for blaspheming their law, and profaning their temple, im...