Acts 7:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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, ”

• Acts 7:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He wondered ... - What particularly attracted his attention was the fact that the bush was not consumed, Exodus 3:2-3 . The voice of the Lord - Yahweh spake to him from the midst of the bush...

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• Acts 7:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Moses. Stephen describes the growth of the people, the change of ruler and his oppression, as in Exodus 1. Acts 7:20 . fair unto God ( mg. ): from Exodus 2:2 ; Philo and Josephus speak of the...

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• Acts 7:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sight. Greek. horama. Occurs twelve times, all in Acts, except in Matthew 17:9 . Always trans, "vision", except here. Not the same word as in Acts 2:17 . behold . inspect, or consider. Greek....

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• Acts 7:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  31. He wondered at the vision. Let us know that God did use thus to deal with our fathers, that they might assuredly know his majesty; for he meant to make a manifest distinction between the...

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• Acts 7:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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,

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• Acts 7:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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, When Moses saw it, be wondered at the sight, х ethaumazen ( G2296 ). Ti...

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• Acts 7:31 - 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 7:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The voice of the Lord came unto him. — The speech agrees with Exodus 3:4 in ascribing the voice to the Lord, the Eternal, while the visible manifestation was that of the angel of the Lord. It har...

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• Acts 7:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Stephen's Defense: Disobedience in the Wilderness Acts 7:30-46 The angel who appeared in the bush that burned with fire was the angel of God's presence, who saved the Israelites and bare them a...

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• Acts 7:31 - 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 7:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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. (31) When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as h...

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• Acts 7:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight ,.... To see a bush on fire was no extraordinary thing; but to see a bush on fire, and yet not consumed by it, which was the case here, was wonderful inde...

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• Acts 7:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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, Ver. 31. He wondered at the sight ] How many come to the ordinances to see...

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• Acts 7:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When forty years were expired That is, forty after his leaving Egypt; during which time Israel had continued under this bondage, and Moses, inured to hardships and poverty, and to contemplation and...

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• Acts 7:31 - 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 7:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Stephen's Address.       30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord...

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• Acts 7:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He wondered at the sight; seeing the bush on a flame, and not consumed, contrary to the nature of devouring flames; that he might be convinced of God's presence, and made the more attentive to what...

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• Acts 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - 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 7:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The call of Moses:

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• Acts 7:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 3:3 ; Exodus 3:4

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• Acts 7:31 - 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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