Acts 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. ”

• Acts 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Now there came a dearth - A famine, Genesis 41:54 . And Chanaan - Jacob was living at that time in Canaan. Found no sustenance - No food; no means of living.

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• Acts 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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, plac...

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• Acts 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the land of. Omit. sustenance. Greek. chortasma. Only here. Compare the verb chortazo . to fill. First occurance Matthew 5:6 .

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• Acts 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. There came a famine. Hereby it appeareth that the deliverance of Joseph was such a benefit as was common to all the family of Jacob. For, seeing the famine drew on, (396) Joseph was sen...

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• Acts 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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• Acts 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and gr...

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• Acts 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 d...

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• Acts 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (11-14) Now there came a dearth... — So far as we can trace the sequence of thought, there seems the suggested inference that as those who, in the history of Joseph, had persecuted him, came afterw...

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• Acts 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 15 ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION. Acts 6:12-14 ; Acts 7:1-2 ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the primitive deacons. Stephen, howev...

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• Acts 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• Acts 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 c...

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• Acts 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan ,.... This dearth, or famine, is said to be in all lands, Genesis 41:54 though only Egypt and Canaan are mentioned here, because the...

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• Acts 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now there came a dearth According to the prediction of Joseph, when the seven preceding years of extraordinary plenty were past, which he had also predicted; over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan...

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• Acts 7:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• Acts 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Stephen's Address.       1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?   2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God...

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• Acts 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A dearth; this is mentioned, Genesis 41:54 , &c. And great affliction; as seldom any mischief comes alone, rapine and many diseases follow famine. Found no sustenance; any coarse diet, g...

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• Acts 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 wit...

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• Acts 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 . C...

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• Acts 7:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 shou...

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• Acts 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Acts 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 9:1-44 . Acts 9:1 and Matthew 26:62 )....

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• Acts 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The story of Jacob and Joseph:

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• Acts 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 41:54-57 ; Genesis 43:1 ; Genesis 45:11 ; Genesis 45:5 ; Genesis 45:6 ; Genesis 47:13-15 ; Psalms 105:16

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• Acts 7:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Stephen's Apology Acts 7:1-41 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...

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