Jesus
That is, Joshua.
Our fathers that came after - None of the generation that came out of Egypt were permitted to enter into the and of Canaan except Caleb and Joshu...
Which also our fathers that came after (s) brought in with Jesus into the (t) possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out (u) before the face of o...
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 witne...
also. This should he read after "brought in". came after . received in succession. Greek. diadechomai. Only here. Revised Version "in their tur...
45. Which they brought in. This serveth to increase the frowardness (461) of the nation, that whereas the tabernacle did continue with t...
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers,...
With Jesus— With Joshua. The word εθνων, rendered Gentiles, would more properly be rendered heathens in this place.
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathe...
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...
Brought in with Jesus. — This is, of course, as in Hebrews 4:8 , the “Joshua” of the Old Testament. It would, perhaps, have been better, as a gene...
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...
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 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) Whe...
Which also our fathers that came after ,.... Who came after those that died in the wilderness, and never saw nor entered into the land of Canaan; th...
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness Greek, του μαρτυριου, of the testimony. The two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were wri...
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. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of he...
Jesus, or Joshua, it being the same name, as appears also, Hebrews 4:8 , only Jesus is more according to the Greek use: Joshua was a type of Jes...
What Israel's Attitude Towards God's Dwellingplace Had Been (7:44-50). What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many Hellenisti...
Reply to the Charge of Speaking Against the Law and the Temple (7:44-53). Having been accused of speaking against the Law Stephen defends himself...
‘Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua (Jesus) when they entered on the possession of the nations, whom God thrust out before...
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 7:45 . Our fathers that came after should be simply our fathers. Jesus is Joshua , as in Hebrews 4:8 . Into (lit....
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...
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...
To whom our fathers would not obey. The sin of Israel I. Its manifold nature. 1. Disobedience ( Acts 7:39 ). There is hardly a phase of Jewi...
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 Tabernacle and the Temple:
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers,...
1 Chronicles 16:39 ; 1 Chronicles 17:27 ; 1 Chronicles 21:29 ; 1 Kings 8:4 ; 1 Samuel 4:4 ; 2 Samuel 6:1-23 ; Acts 13:19 ; Hebrews 4:8 ; Jos...
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...
Which our fathers having received — From their ancestors; brought into the possession of the Gentiles — Into the land which the Gentiles possessed...
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;