Acts 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. ”

• Acts 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 t...

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• Acts 7:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And were (h) carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem. (h) The patriarchs who were the sons of Jacob, th...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  carried over . removed. Greek. metatithemi. Only here; Galatians 1:1 ; Galatians 1:6 ; Hebrews 7:12 ; Hebrews 11:5 ; Hebrews 11:6 ; Jude 1:4 . Sychem . Shechem ( Genesis 50:5 ). See App-18...

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• Acts 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  16. Stephen saith, that the patriarchs were carried into the land of Canaan after they were dead. But Moses maketh mention only of the bones of Joseph, ( Genesis 1:13 .) And Joshua 24:32 , it...

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• Acts 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. And were carried over to Sychem - "It is said, Genesi...

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• Acts 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And were carried over, &c.— It is not improbable, that the bones of the other eleven patriarchs might be carried along with the bones of Joseph, when the children of Israel went out of Egypt,...

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• Acts 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in t...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And were carried over into Sychem. — The words appear to include Jacob, who was buried not at Sychem, but Machpelah ( Genesis 1:13 ). If we limit the verb to the patriarchs, which is in itself a te...

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• Acts 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 h...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And were carried over into Sichem ,.... The Syriac version reads in the singular number, "and he was translated into Sichem, and laid", c. as if this was said of Jacob only, whereas he is not spoken...

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• Acts 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 al...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That they carried Joseph to bury him in Canaan, according to the oath he made them take, Genesis 1:25 , is certain; and that this was desired to be done for him out of faith, Hebrews 11:22 ; bu...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Scofield Reference Notes

  sepulchre ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 23:4 ).

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 7:14-17 . 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 carrie...

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• Acts 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The story of Jacob and Joseph:

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• Acts 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 13:19 ; Genesis 33:9-20 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Genesis 35:19 ; Genesis 49:29-32 ; Joshua 24:32

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• Acts 7:16 - 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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• Acts 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And were carried over to Shechem — It seems that St. Stephen, rapidly running over so many circumstances of history, has not leisure (nor was it needful where they were so well known) to recite the...

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