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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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AND DIED - Genesis 49:33.
HE AND OUR FATHERS - The time which the Israelites remained in Egypt
was 215 years, so that all the sons of Jacob were deceased before the
Jews went out to go to the land of...
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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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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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"So he gave him the covenant of which circumcision was the sign. So he
begat Isaac and he circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac begat
Jacob and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. The patriarchs...
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DIED. came to his end. Greek. _teleutao._...
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_So Jacob went down into Egypt_ Now the whole race whom God had chosen
to Himself was in Egypt, away from the land of promise, and remained
there for a long period, yet God was with them in their exil...
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ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤΈΒΗ with אACEP.
15. ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤΈΒΗ ἸΑΚΏΒ, _and Jacob went down_. Now the
whole race whom God had chosen to himself was in Egypt, away from the
land of promise, and remained there for a long period...
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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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ΚΑΤΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597)
нисходить,
ΈΤΕΛΕΎΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΆΩ (G5053)
умирать....
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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 9...
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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
SO JACOB WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT. [Tischendorf on insufficient
authority, strikes out eis (G1519) Aigupton (G125), and Alford
brackets it...
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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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The frequent mention of Egypt may perhaps indicate that Stephen meant
to emphasise the fact that there, far away from the land of promise,
God's Presence was with the chosen race (who were now all in...
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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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Life In Egypt
Abraham's great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt because of the
jealousy of his own brothers. Coffman sees this incident as
prefiguring the rejection of God's intended deliverer on...
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JOSEPH TYPICAL OF CHRIST
9-16. The symbolism of Joseph is entirely in the royal line of Jesus.
In his deep disgrace and humiliation, slavery and imprisonment, he
emblematizes Christ in His first adven...
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And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory
appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before
he dwelt in Haran, (3) And said unto him, Get thee out of thy co...
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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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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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_Jacob went down into Egypt, and died_ After having been supported
there about seventeen years, by the filial gratitude and tenderness of
his son Joseph; _and our fathers_ The patriarch's children als...
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SO JACOB WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT, AND DIED, HE AND OUR FATHERS,...
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The story of Jacob and Joseph:...
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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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SO JACOB WENT DOWN TO EGYPT; AND HE DIED, HE AND OUR FATHERS.
1. Jacob died in Egypt.
2. So did all the sons of Jacob....
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And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
See Genesis Chapter 50....
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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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Which St. Stephen puts them in mind of the rather, that he might
insinuate, no country, nor place, nor temple, were so necessary, but
that (notwithstanding they had none of them) their forefathers did...
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Acts 7:15 So G1161 Jacob G2384 down G2597 (G5627) to G1519 Egypt G125
and G2532 died G5053 ...
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‘And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our
fathers; and they were carried over to Shechem, and laid in the tomb
that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in
She...
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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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_First Division of the Speech,_ 2-16. _The Age of the Patriarchs
Abraham and Joseph._
(a) Acts 7:2-8. _ABRAHAM THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL._ Stephen relates
the well-known incident, fraught with such m...
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EXCURSUS.
On certain alleged Discrepancies in Stephen's Speech.
A great deal has been written upon certain supposed inaccuracies which
occur in the speech of Stephen, as given in the seventh chapter...
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_(b) Acts 7:9-16_. _Joseph._ Passing from the first appearance of the
visible glory to the great ancestor, and the promise made by the
Eternal to him, a wanderer without land and without a home, after...
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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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_And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God
was with him._
THE PATRIARCHS AND THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER
This picture of patriarchal life is not a flattering one, and was
“writte...
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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 7:9. MOVED WITH ENVY, or _jealousy_, they, the patriarchs, sold
Joseph INTO EGYPT—_i.e._, to be carried thither. Stephen condenses
the Genesis narrative.
Acts 7:10. The PHARAO...
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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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Deuteronomy 10:22; Deuteronomy 26:5; Exodus 1:6; Genesis 46:3;...
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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...