Acts 7:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:43

And for yea, A.V.; the god Rephan for your god Remphan, A.V. and T.R.; the figures for figures, A.V. The god Rephan . Rephan, or Raiphan, or Remphan, as it is variously written, is the LXX . translation of the Hebrew Chiun in Amos 5:26 . The best explanation of this is that Rephan is the Coptic name of the planet Saturn, well-known of course to the LXX ., and that Chiun is the Hebrew and Arabic name of the same star, which they therefore translated by Rephan. With regard to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:43

Yea, ye took up - That is, you bore, or you carried with you, for purposes of idolatrous worship.The tabernacle - This word properly means a “tent”; but it is also applied to the small tent or house in which was contained the image of the god; the shrine, box, or tent in which the idol was placed. It is customary for idolatrous nations to bear their idols about with them, enclosed in cases or boxes of various sizes, usually very small, as their idols are commonly small. Probably they were made... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 7:42-43

Acts 7:42-43. Then God turned Upon this, God, being most righteously provoked, turned away from them in anger, and, as in many other instances, punished one sin by letting them fall into another; and at length gave them up, in succeeding ages, to the most abandoned, public, and general idolatry, even to worship all the host of heaven The stars and other heavenly bodies, and that with as little reserve, and as little shame, as the most stupid of the heathen nations. As it is written in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

Stephen before the Sanhedrin (7:1-60)The defence that Stephen made before the Sanhedrin was not designed to win its approval. He outlined Israel’s history to demonstrate two main points. First, God had never shown himself to be limited to one dwelling place, or even one locality (therefore the Jews were mistaken in attaching such importance to the temple in Jerusalem). Second, the people of Israel had always rejected the messengers of God (therefore their rejection of the Messiah Jesus was not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 7:43

Yea, ye = Ye even. tabernacle. Greek. skene, tent. Remphan. See notes on Amos 5:25-27 , from which this quotation is taken. It follows the Septuagint very closely. App-107 . figures. Greek. tupos. See note on John 20:25 (print). Romans 5:14 . worship. Greek. proskuneo. App-137 . carry . . . away. Greek. metoikizo, as in Acts 7:4 . beyond. Greek. epekeina. Only here. Babylon. Amos says "Damascus". See note there. The stages of captivity were: Syrian, to Damascus; Assyrian, beyond... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 7:42-43

Acts 7:42-43. Then God turned,— See Romans 1:21-24.Psalms 81:11-12; Psalms 81:11-12. There were two sorts of idolatry; namely, the worshipping the true God by idol mediators, and terminating their worship upon false Gods. Israel began with the former; and for a punishment was permitted to fall into the latter. See on Exodus 32:1. &c. the notes on Amos 5:25; Amos 5:27. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:43

43. Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech, c.—Two kinds of idolatry are charged upon the Israelites: that of the golden calf and that of the heavenly bodies Molech and Remphan being deities, representing apparently the divine powers ascribed to nature, under different aspects. carry you beyond Babylon—the well-known region of the captivity of Judah; while "Damascus" is used by the prophet (Amos 5:27), whither the ten tribes were carried. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:2-53

2. Stephen’s address 7:2-53As a Hellenistic Jew, Stephen possessed a clearer vision of the universal implications of the gospel than did most of the Hebraic Jews. It was this breadth of vision that drew attack from the more temple-bound Jews in Jerusalem and led to his arrest. His address was not a personal defense designed to secure his acquittal by the Sanhedrin. It was instead an apologetic for the new way of worship that Jesus taught and His followers embraced."On the surface it appears to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:17-43

Stephen’s view of Moses and the Law 7:17-43Stephen continued his review of Israel’s history by proceeding into the period of the Exodus. He sought to refute the charge that he was blaspheming against Moses (Acts 6:11) and was speaking against the Mosaic Law (Acts 6:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:37-43

The teaching of Moses 7:37-43Stephen continued dealing with the Mosaic period of Israel’s history, but he focused more particularly next on Moses’ teaching, the Mosaic Law. This is what the Jews of his day professed to venerate and follow exactly, but Stephen showed that they really had rejected what Moses taught. read more

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