Acts 7:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. ”

Acts 7:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who found favour ... - That is, God granted him great prosperity, and delivered him from his enemies. To find a tabernacle - To prepare a permanent dwelling-place for the “ark,” and for the v...
Acts 7:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The speech comes nearer the charge it is to refute. The Temple itself is wrong. Moses acted on direct Divine injunction as to the tabernacle of witness which he made according to the pattern showed h...
Acts 7:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before . in the eyes of. Greek. enopion. desired . asked. Greek. aiteo. App-134. See 2 Samuel 7:2 ; 2 Samuel 7:3 . tabernacle. Greek. skenoma. Only here and 2 Peter 1:13 ; 2 Peter 1:1...
Acts 7:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Desired to find a tabernacle - This was in David's heart, and it met with the Divine approbation: see 2 Samuel 7:2...
Acts 7:46 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And desired to find a tabernacle, &c.— 'Ητησατο, made it his petition. From the account which the Scripture gives of David, it appears how greatly he longed to find out a place for the Lord,—...
Acts 7:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Who found favour before God and desired, х eeteesato ( G154 )] - or, 'asked for himself' To find a t...
Acts 7:46 - 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 7:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who found favour before God. — Again we trace, though still in the form of a narrative, an indirect answer to the accusation brought against Stephen. He was ready to acknowledge without reserve tha...
Acts 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who found favour before God ,.... That is, David, who had an interest in the free favour and love of God, was chosen of God, a man after his own heart, and raised up to do his will; and who had the...
Acts 7:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Ver. 46. Who found favour ] This he made more account of than of his crown and sceptre, Psalms 4:6 . Like as w...
Acts 7:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness Greek, του μαρτυριου, of the testimony. The two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were written, were most properly the testimony , as being...
Acts 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Found favour before God; as Luke 1:30 . Desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; it was David's earnest request, that he might any ways glorify God, especially in his worship, and th...
Acts 7:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Israel's Attitude Towards God's Dwellingplace Had Been (7:44-50). What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many Hellenistic Jews, certainly in Alexandria where they were us...
Acts 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - 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 7:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Tabernacle and the Temple:
Acts 7:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:1-4 ; 1 Chronicles 22:7 ; 1 Chronicles 22:8 ; 1 Chronicles 28:2 ; 1 Chronicles 28:3 ; 1 Chronicles 28:4 ; 1 Chronicles 28:5 ; 1 Chronicles 29:2 ; 1 Chronicles 29:3 ; 1 Kings...
Acts 7:46 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Stephen's Last Words and Martyrdom Acts 7:44-60 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44-50 ). 1. The fathers...
Acts 7:46 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who petitioned to find a habitation for the God of Jacob — But he did not obtain his petition: for God remained without any temple till Solomon built him a house. Observe how wisely the word is cho...

Acts 7:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 7:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 7:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 7:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 7:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 7:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 7:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:46 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 7:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 7:46 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 7:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 7:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 7:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 7:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:46 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 7:46 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes