Bible Commentary

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. 43. Yea, ye took up, &c.] Read, And ye took up. The conjunction is the ordinary copulative, and the thought is continuous, “Your hearts were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:43”

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness? 42. Then God turned ] Read, But. Cp. Jos … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:42”

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 41. and rejoiced ] It was not the voice of them that shout for the mastery, nor of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:41”

Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 40. saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us ] Lit. which shall go before us. The passage is almost word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:40”

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 39. to whom our fathers would not obey [be obedient], but thrust him from them ] For they said (Num 14:4), “Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.” This was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:39”

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 38. This is he, that was in the church [ congregation ] in the wilderness ] i.e. with the congregation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:38”

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. 37. The prophecy is in Deu 18:15, and has been already quoted by St Peter (Act 3:12) as referring ultimately to the Messiah. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:37”

He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 36. He brought [ led ] them out ] Having God’s power with him in all these wanderings. after that he had skewed wonders and signs in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:36”

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 35. Stephen here begins to point out how in old time the people had rejected Moses, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:35”

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. 34. I have seen, I have seen ] The Greek is an attempt to imitate an emphatic Hebrew … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:34”