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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:9-10

The patriarchs, Joseph’s brothers, became jealous of him (Genesis 37:11) and sold him as a slave into Egypt (Genesis 37:28). One of Jesus’ 12 disciples was responsible for selling Him even as one of Joseph’s 11 brothers had been responsible for selling him. Nevertheless God was with Joseph (Genesis 39:2; Genesis 39:21) and rescued him from prison, gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh (lit. great house), and made him ruler over Egypt (Genesis 41:41) and his father’s family. God was with... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:9-16

God’s faithfulness to His people 7:9-16Stephen next proceeded to show what God had done with Joseph and his family. He apparently selected this segment of the patriarchal narrative primarily for two reasons. First, it shows how God miraculously preserved His people in faithfulness to His promises. Second, it shows the remarkable similarity between the career of Joseph, a savior God raised up, and that of Jesus. Jesus repeated many of Joseph’s experiences illustrating God’s choice of Him. Also... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 7:1-60

Defence and Martyrdom of Stephen1-53. 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 does not (in any direct manner) answer the charges alleged (Acts 6:14), as a speech composed by the historian himself would have done; (2) there are several erroneous references to the OT. (not all due to the use of LXX), natural enough in a speech delivered impromptu, but not natural in a speech... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 7:9

(9) The patriarchs, moved with envy.—This, interpreted by what follows, is the first step in the long induction which is to show that the elect of God had always been opposed and rejected by those who were for the time the representatives of the nation. Envy had actuated the patriarchs when they sold Joseph; envy had led their descendants to deliver up Jesus (Matthew 27:18). But man’s evil will had not frustrated God’s gracious purpose. Joseph was made ruler over a kingdom. A greater glory... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 7:1-60

St. Stephen's Death Acts 7:55 Stephen is the first of whom we read that he died after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and entered into his glory. The first martyr was now to obtain his crown of life. Now it is a remarkable thing that, with the exception of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, the death of St. Stephen is the only death about which we have any details in the New Testament Scriptures. We read that Stephen was filled with the Holy Ghost. Now what did the Holy Spirit do for... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 7:1-60

CHAPTER 7 1. The Address of Stephen (Acts 7:1-53 ). 2. The Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54-60 ). This is the largest chapter in this book and concludes the first section. Stephen is the chosen instrument to deliver the final testimony to the nation. He was not permitted to finish it. We notice at once a marked difference between the previous preaching by the Apostle Peter and the address of Stephen. The testimony of Peter was marked on the day of Pentecost and at the other occasions by... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 7:9

7:9 {3} And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was {f} with him,(3) Steven diligently recounts the horrible misdeeds of some of the fathers, to teach the Jews that they ought not rashly to rest in the authority or examples of the fathers.(f) By these words are meant the peculiar favour that God shows men: for he seems to be away from those whom he does not help: and on the other hand, he is with those whom he delivers out of troubles, no matter how great the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 7:1-60

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 Lord Jesus was mainly silent before His accusers. Stephen is able in a most masterful way to summarize the whole history of Israel from the viewpoint of God's many visitations to the nation, yet of Israel's consistently stubborn refusal of God's testimony, culminating in their rejection of His... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR The church was being blessed and multiplied but the conditions were not perfect. The flesh was asserting itself. Acts 6:1 carries us back to the close of chapter 4, and we see that the charity which led to hypocrisy there, led to “murmuring” here. “Grecians” should be translated “Grecian Jews” to distinguish them from the native born. The apostles who had been distributing the alms could do so no longer, and hence the institution of the office of “deacon” (Acts 6:5 ),... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 7:1-53

Chapter 16 Prayer Almighty God, we do not know thy way: it is in the sea, it is in the great waters, it is in the midst of the firmament of heaven, and the clouds are the dust of thy feet, and thine eye shineth like lightning from the east even to the west. We have heard of thee, and our hearts have trembled with fear. We have thought of thee, and our spirits have glowed with love. Sometimes clouds and darkness are round about thee; sometimes the light is thy robe. We cannot tell what thou... read more