sepulchre
( See Scofield) - (Genesis 23:4).
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...
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....
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 )...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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, a...
There are two errors in this v: (1) Jacob was not buried at Sychem (Shechem), but at Hebron, in the cave of Machpelah ( Genesis 50:13 ). (2) It was n...
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 t...
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...
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 nati...
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 H...
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 thi...
Jacob went down into Egypt, and died After having been supported there about seventeen years, by the filial gratitude and tenderness of his son Jos...
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 s...
Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he s...
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 b...
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...
‘And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers; and they were carried over to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bough...
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...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:9 . Moved with envy, or jealousy , they, the patriarchs, sold Joseph into Egypt — i.e. , to be carried thither. Steph...
Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually rep...
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 Egy...
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 defe...
Then said the high priest, Are these things so? The high priest and his question This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaph...
But when the time of the promise drew nigh. The fidelity of God to His promises What a faithful God! He does not forget His promise, but fulfil...
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 (s...
The story of Jacob and Joseph:
and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem. Th...
Exodus 13:19 ; Genesis 33:9-20 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Genesis 35:19 ; Genesis 49:29-32 ; Joshua 24:32
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, "A...
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 ne...
16 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.