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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

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 7:1-60

Chapter 17 Prayer ( Easter Sunday. ) O Thou who hast thyself risen from the dead, raise us up also with thyself that we may die no more. We bless thee for the word of resurrection, for the gospel of restoration, and for the hope that death itself shall die and the whole creation be filled with joyous life. If we be risen with Christ we will set our affections on things above. Help us in this way to show how truly we have been buried with Christ, and how certainly we have been raised again... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Acts 7:2-16

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 Haran, (3) And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. (4) Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. (5) And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Acts 7:1-16

1-16 Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to Abraham advanced toward performance, plainly show that it had a spiritual meaning, and that the land intended was the heavenly. God owned Joseph in his troubles, and was with him by the power of his Spirit, both on his own mind by giving him comfort, and on those he was concerned with, by giving... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Acts 7:1-99

Acts 7 THEIR HISTORY BEGAN with God calling Abraham out of his old place and associations, that he might go to the land of God’s choice and there be made a great nation. This is shown in Gen_12:1-3 , and it was an epoch-making event, as is evident when we note that a rather longer period of time is compressed into Genesis 1-11, than the period expanded to fill all the rest of the Old Testament. The call of Abraham marked a new departure in God’s ways with the earth, and with that new departure... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Acts 7:1-5

The Defense of Stephen and His Death. Stephen refers to the call of Abraham: v. 1. Then said the high priest, Are these things so? v. 2. 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 Charran, v. 3. and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. v. 4. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Acts 7:1-16

B.—Stephen Vindicates himself in a Powerful DiscourseActs 7:1-53_____________§ I. The first part of the discourse, embracing the age of the PatriarchsActs 7:1-16.1Then said the high priest, Are these things so?1 2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when hewas in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran [Haran, (Genesis 11:31)], 3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the2 land which I... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 7:1-13

Stephen’s Defense: God’s First Called Ones Acts 7:1-13 There are several touches in this eloquent apology which deserve notice. Acts 7:2 : “The God of glory.” This chapter begins and ends with glory. See Acts 7:55 . Note that God appeared to Abraham in Ur, before he had come to Haran at the divine bidding. It is interesting to have this discrimination between the different appearances of God to the patriarch. Acts 7:3 : We often have to leave our land before God shows us another. Acts 7:6 :... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:1-60

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 nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of Jesus. He was careful not to speak disrespectfully of the Temple, notwithstanding that he reminded them that the history of the nation was of a God-governed people long before the Temple was erected. Thus reviewing the past, he declared the blindness and hardness of heart of the people, who in the... read more