Acts 7:43 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Acts 7:43 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, ye took up - That is, you bore, or you carried with you, for purposes of idolatrous worship. The tabernacle - This word properly means a “tent”; but it is also applied to the small tent...
Acts 7:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, ye (q) 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. (q) You took it upon your shoulders a...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Yea, ye . Ye even. tabernacle. Greek. skene, tent. Remphan. See notes on Amos 5:25-27 , from which this quotation is taken. It follows the Septuagint very closely. App-107. figures. Gree...
Acts 7:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

43. You took to you the tabernacle of Moloch. Some take the copulative for the adversative [particle,] as if he should say, Yea, rather, ye worshipped the idol. It may be resolved also into...
Acts 7:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and t...
Acts 7:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then God turned,— See Romans 1:21-24 . Psalms 81:11-12 . There were two sorts of idolatry; namely, the worshipping the true God by idol mediators, and terminating their worship upon false Gods. I...
Acts 7:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Yea (rather, 'And' - [ Kai ( G...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch. — The verb implies the up-lifting of the tabernacle of Moloch, in the same manner as the ark was borne ( Exodus 25:14 ; 1 Kings 2:26 ), as a sacred ensign in t...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch ,.... Sometimes called Molech, and sometimes Milcorn; it was the god of the Ammonites, and the same with Baal: the one signifies king, and the other lord; an...
Acts 7:43 - John Trapp Complete 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. Ver. 43. Of your god Remphan ] Amos 5...
Acts 7:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then God turned Upon this, God, being most righteously provoked, turned away from them in anger, and, as in many other instances, punished one sin by letting them fall into another; and at length g...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Stephen's Address. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets...
Acts 7:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Took up the tabernacle, on their shoulders, as they did the ark. Of Moloch; the idol of the children of Ammon, which the Israelites were especially forbidden to worship, Leviticus 18:21 , Levi...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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...
Acts 7:43 - 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 )....
Acts 7:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's rejection of His people:
Acts 7:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:16-18 ; 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 18:11 ; 2 Kings 21:6 ; Amos 5:27 ; Deuteronomy 4:16-18 ; Deuteronomy 5:8 ; Deuteronomy 5:9 ; Exodus 20:4 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Leviticus 18:21 ; Leviti...
Acts 7:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye took up — Probably not long after the golden calf: but secretly; else Moses would have mentioned it. The shrine — A small, portable chapel, in which was the image of their god. Moloch was the pl...

Acts 7:43 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 7:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 7:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 7:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 7:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 7:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 7:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 7:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:43 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 7:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 7:43 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 7:43 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 7:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:43 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 7:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 7:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 7:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes