To whom our fathers would not obey,— This is observed by Stephen more than once, and he insists upon it largely, that they might see it was no new thing for Israel to rebel against God, by rejecting deliverers sent from him. See on Acts 7:35.
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Acts 7:39
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,