Acts 7:14

Threescore and fifteen souls.— See the notes on Genesis 20:18.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All his kindred - His father and family, Genesis 45:17-28 ; Genesis 46:1-26 . Threescore and fifteen souls - Seventy-five persons. There ha...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 )...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent. Greek. apostello. App-174. called... to him. Greek. metakaleomai. Here, Acts 10:32 ; Acts 20:17 ; Acts 24:25 . meta in compositio...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Whereas he saith that Jacob came into Egypt with seventy-five souls, it agreeth not with the words of Moses; for Moses maketh mention of se...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him , and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. Threescore and fifteen souls - There are s...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. Then sent Joseph, and called his fat...
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, a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Threescore and fifteen souls ] Stephen follows LXX of Genesis 46:27 ; Exodus 1:5 . The Hebrew makes the number seventy.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-14) Now there came a dearth... — So far as we can trace the sequence of thought, there seems the suggested inference that as those who, in the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Threescore and fifteen souls. — Seventy is given as the number, including Jacob, Joseph, and his sons, in Genesis 46:27 ; Exodus 1:5 ; Deuterono...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION. Acts 6:12-14 ; Acts 7:1-2 ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 nati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then sent Joseph ,.... Gifts and presents to his father, and wagons, to fetch down him and his family into Egypt, Genesis 45:21 . and called his...
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 s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he s...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All his kindred; his affinity, and not consanguinity only, which may be the reason why, though in Genesis 46:26 it is said, that all the souls...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.' The result was that those selected of the...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:9 . Moved with envy, or jealousy , they, the patriarchs, sold Joseph into Egypt — i.e. , to be carried thither. Steph...
Scofield Reference Notes

kindred ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 46:26 ). There is no real contradiction. The "house of Jacob" numbered seventy but the "kindred" would in...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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 defe...
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 Caiaph...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him. The patriarchs and their younger brother This picture of pat...
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 (s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The story of Jacob and Joseph:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then sent Joseph and called his father Jacob to him and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:5 ; 1 Chronicles 2:6 ; Deuteronomy 10:22 ; Genesis 45:9-11 ; Genesis 46:12 ; Genesis 46:26 ; Genesis 46:27 ; Psalms 105:23
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, "A...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seventy — five souls — So the seventy interpreters, (whom St. Stephen follows,) one son and a grandson of Manasseh, and three children of Ephraim,...

¹⁴ Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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