Bible Commentary

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. Then said the Lord … – In Exo. 3 this is introduced in a different order, as being spoken before God said I am the God, etc. Put off thy shoes … – … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:33”

[Saying,] I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 32. the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ] The oldest authorities omit “the God” in the second and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:32”

When Moses saw [it,] he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [it,] the voice of the Lord came unto him, 31 34. Here we have in substance the history as given in Exo 3:2-10. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges He wondered … – What particularly attracted his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:31”

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. 30. And when forty years were expired ] Thus making, with the forty years mentioned in Act 7:23, eighty years, the age at which Moses went … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:30”

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. 29. Then [ And ] fled Moses at this saying ] Josephus ( Antiq. ii. 11. 1) makes no mention of this reason for the flight of Moses, but says that the Egyptians were jealous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:29”

Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? 28. Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? ] For didst read killedst. The verb is repeated in the original. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Wilt thou kill me … – How it was known that he had killed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:28”

But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? But he that did … – Intent on his purpose, filled with rage and passion, he rejected all interference, and all attempts at peace. It is usually the man that does the injury that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:27”

And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 26. And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove ] i.e. to “two men of the Hebrews” (Exo 2:13). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:26”

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 25. for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them ] Better, and he supposed that his brethren understood how that God by his hand was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:25”

And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him,] and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 24. and smote the Egyptian ] i.e. killed him. See Exo 2:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Suffer wrong – The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 7:24”