Acts 7:30-8:3

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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August 10, 2010

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*(From: VIII. ACTS 6:8-8:3)*


 *(ACTS 7:30-53 STEPHEN'S DEFENSE AND ACCUSATION - Part B)*


 *w. 7:30 ANGEL APPEARS TO MOSES AT END OF 40 YEARS*

kai pl*e*-r*o*THENt*o*n [4137] eT*O*N tes-seRAkon-ta,

*And when forty years were fulfilled,*

*O*PHth*e* [3700] auT*O* en t*e* eR*E*m*o* tou Orous SiNA AGge-los,

*an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of :Mount Sinai,*

en phloGI [5395] puROS BAtou [942].

*in a flame of fire in a bush.*


 *x. 7:31-32a GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO MOSES OUT OF A BUSH*

ho de M*o*-uS*E*S iD*O*N, eTHAUma-sen [2298] to HOra-ma:

*And when :Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight:*

pro-ser-choMEnou de auTOU ka-ta-no*E*sai [2657], eGEne-to ph*o*N*E* KuRIou,

*and as he came near to behold, the Lord's voice came,*

E-G*O* ho TheOS t*o*n paTEr*o*n sou,

*32a I am the God of your :fathers,*

ho TheOS A-braAM, kai 'I-saAK, kai 'IaK*O*B.

*the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.*


 *y. 7:32b MOSES' FEAR*

ENtro-mos [1790] de geNOme-nos M*o*-uS*E*S, ouk eTOLma [5111] ka-ta-no*E*sai
[2657].

*And Moses became frightened, and dared not look.*


 *z. 7:33 GOD'S PRESENCE MAKES GROUND HOLY*

EIpen de auT*O* ho KUri-os, LUson [3089] to huPOd*e*-ma [5266] t*o*n poD*O*N
sou:

*And the Lord said to him, Loose the shoes from your :feet:*

ho gar TOpos eph' h*o* ESt*e*-kas g*e* haGIa [40] esTIN.

*for the place on which you stand is holy ground.*


 *aa. 7:34 GOD COMMISSIONS MOSES TO DELIVER ISRAEL*

iD*O*N EIdon t*e*n KAk*o*-sin [2561] tou laOU mou

*Surely I have seen the affliction of my :people*

tou en AiGUPt*o*, kai tou ste-nagMOU [4726] auT*O*N *E*kou-sa,

*that is in Egypt, and have heard its :groaning,*

kai kaTEb*e*n [2597] e-xeLESthai [1807] auTOUS:

*and I am come down to deliver them:*

kai nun DEUro, a-poSTEIl*o* [649] se eis AIgup-ton.

*and now come here, I will send you into Egypt.*


 *bb. 7:35 GOD CHOOSES - WHOM ISRAEL REJECTED*

TOUton ton M*o*-uS*E*N hon *e*rN*E*san-to [720], eiPOtes,

*This :Moses whom they refused, saying,*

TIS se kaTEst*e*-sen [2525] ARcon-ta [758] kai di-kaST*E*N [1348]?

*Who made you ruler and judge?*

TOUton ho TheOS kai ARchon-ta kai lu-tr*o*T*E*N [3086] aPEstal-ken

*him has :God sent both as ruler and redeemer*

sun cheiRI agGElou tou ophTHENtos [3700] auT*O* en t*e* BAt*o* [942].

*with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.*


 *cc. 7:36 THE DELIVERANCE AND 40 YEARS LEADERSHIP OF MOSES*

HOUtos eX*E*ga-gen [1806] auTOUS,

*This man led them forth,*

poi*E*sas TEra-ta [5059] kai s*e*MEIa [4592] en t*e* AiGUPt*o*,

*having done wonders and signs in :Egypt,*

kai en E-ruTHRA [2063] thaLASs*e*, kai en t*e* eR*E*m*o* [2048]
Et*e*tes-seRAkon-ta.

*and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.*


 *dd. 7:37 MOSES FORETELLS A PROPHET LIKE HIMSELF*

HOU-TOS es-tin ho M*o*-uS*E*S, ho EIpas tois huiOIS 'Is-ra*E*L,

*This is the Moses, who said to the sons of Israel,*

ProPH*E*t*e*n [4396] huMIN a-naST*E*sei [450] ho TheOS

*A prophet shall :God raise up for you *

ek t*o*n a-delPH*O*N huM*O*N, h*o*s eME.

*from among your :brethren, as he raised me up.*


 *ee. 7:38-40 REBELLION OF ISRAEL AGAINST MOSES*

HOU-TOS es-tin ho geNOme-nos en t*e* ek-kl*e*SIa en t*e* eR*E*m*o* [2048]

*T**his is he who was in the church in the wilderness*

meTA tou agGElou tou laLOUNtos auT*O* en t*o* Orei [3735] SiNA,

*with the angel of Him who spoke to him in :Mount Sinai,*

kai t*o*n paTEr*o*n h*e*M*O*N: hos eDExa-to loGIa [3051] Z*O*Nta
[2198]DOUnai huMIN:

*and with our :fathers: who received living oracles to give to you:*

h*o* *e*THEl*e*-san huP*E*ko-oi [5255] geNESthai hoi paTEres h*e*M*O*N, alLA
aP*O*san-to [683],

*39 to whom our :fathers would not become obedient, but thrust him away,*

kai eSTRAph*e*-san [4762] en tais karDIais auT*O*N eis AIgup-ton,

*and turned back in their :hearts unto Egypt,*

eiPONtes t*o* A-aR*O*N, POI*e*-son huMIN theOUS hoi pro-poREUson-tai [4313]h
*e*M*O*N:

*40 saying to :Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us:*

ho gar M*o*-uS*E*S HOUtos, hos eX*E*ga-gen [1806] h*e*MAS ek g*e*s AiGUPtou,

*for this :Moses, who led us forth out of Egypt land,*

ouk OIda-men ti eGEne-to auT*O*.

*we do not know what is become of him.*


 *ff. 7:41 ISRAEL'S IDOLATRY*

kai e-mos-choPOI*e*-san [3447] en tais h*e*MErais eKEInais,

*And they made a calf in those :days,*

kai aN*E*ga-gon [321] thuSIan [2378] t*o* eiD*O*l*o* [1497],

*and brought sacrifice to the idol,*

kai euPHRAInon-to [2165] en tois ERgois t*o*n cheiR*O*N auT*O*N.

*and rejoiced in the works of their :hands.*


 *gg. 7:42-43 GOD GIVES ISRAEL UP TO IDOLATRY AND CAPTIVITY*

EStre-psen [4762] de ho TheOS,

*But :God turned, *

kai paREd*o*-ken [3860] auTOUS laTREUein [3000] t*e* stra-tiA [4756] tou
ou-raNOU;

*and gave them up to serve the host of :heaven;*

kaTH*O*S GEgrap-tai en BIBl*o* t*o*n pro-ph*e*T*O*N,

*as it is written in the book of the prophets,*

M*e* SPHAgi-a [4968] kai thuSIas [2378] pro-s*e*NEGkaTE [4374] moi

*Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices*

Et*e* tes-seRAkon-ta en t*e* eR*E*m*o*, OIkos 'Is-ra*E*L?

*Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?*

kai a-neLAbe-te [353] t*e*n sk*e*N*E*N [4633] tou MoLOCH,

*43 And you took up the tabernacle of :Moloch,*

kai to Astron [798] tou theOU 'RomPHA,

*And the constellation of the god Rompha,*

* *tous TUpous [5179] hous e-poi*E*sa-te pro-skuNEIN [4352] auTOIS:

*The figures which you made to worship them:*

kai me-toi-ki*O* [4351] huMAS ePEkei-na Ba-buL*O*nos.

*And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.*


 *hh. 7:44 ISRAEL'S TABERNACLE MADE BY MOSES ACCORDING TO PLAN*

h*e* sk*e*N*E* tou martuRIou [3142] *e*n tois paTRAsin h*e*M*O*N en t*e* Er*
e*-m*o*,

*Our :fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness,*

kaTH*O*S di-eTAxa-to [1299] ho laL*O*N t*o* M*o*-uS*E*, poi*E*sai auT*E*N

*even as he appointed who spoke to :Moses, that he should make it*

kaTA ton TOpon hon he-*o*RAkei [3708].

*according to the figure that he had seen.*


 *ii. 7:45-46 THE TABERNACLE UP TO DAVID*

h*e*n kai eiS*E*ga-gon, di-a-deXAme-noi [1237], hoi paTEres h*e*M*O*N

*Which also our :fathers, in their turn,*

meTA 'I*e*SOU

*brought in with Joshua when they entered*

en t*e* ka-taSCHEsei [2697] t*o*n ethN*O*N h*o*n eX*O*sen [1856] ho TheOS

*on the possession of the nations that God thrust out*

aPO proS*O*pou t*o*n paTEr*o*n h*e*M*O*N, HE*o*s t*o*n h*e*MEr*o*n DauID;

*before the face of our :fathers, unto the days of David;*

hos HEUren CHArin eN*O*pi-on tou TheOU,

*46 who found grace in God's sight,*

kai *e*T*E*sa-to [154] heuREIN SK*E*n*o*-ma [4638] t*o* The*O* 'IaK*O*B.

*and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.*


 *jj. 7:47 SOLOMON REPLACES TABERNACLE WITH TEMPLE*

So-loM*O*N de oi-koDOm*e*-sen [3618] auT*O* OIkon [3624].

*But Solomon built him a house.*


 *kk. 7:48-50 YET GOD DOES NOT DWELL IN MAN-MADE BUILDINGS*

all' ouch ho HUpsi-stos [5310] en chei-ro-poi*E*tois [5499] ka-toiKEI; kaTH*
O*S ho proPH*E*t*e*s LEgei,

*But the Most High dwells not in houses made with hands; as says the
prophet,*

Ho ou-raNOS moi THROnos [2362],

*49 The heaven is my throne, *

kai h*e* g*e* hu-poPOdi-on [5286] t*o*n poD*O*N mou:

*And the earth the footstool of my :feet:*

POIon OIkon oi-ko-doM*E*seTE [3618] moi? LEgei KUri-os:

*What manner of house will you build me? says the Lord:*

*e* tis TOpos t*e*s ka-taPAUse*O*S [2863] mou?

*Or what is the place of my :rest?*

ouCHI h*e* CHEIR mou ePOI*e*-sen TAUta PANta?

*50 Did not my :hand make all these things?*


 *ll. 7:51 STEPHEN CHARGES SANHEDREN WITH RESISITNG THE HOLY SPIRIT ALSO*

Skl*e*-roTRAch*e*-loi [4644] kai a-peRITm*e*-toi [564] karDIais kai tois *o*
SIN,

*YOU, stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and :ears,*

huMEIS, aEI t*o* PNEUma-ti t*o* HaGI*o* an-tiPIPte-te [496]:

*always resist the Holy :Spirit:*

h*o*s hoi paTEres huM*O*N, kai huMEIS.

*as your :fathers did, so do you.*


 *mm. 7:52-53 STEPHEN CHARGES ISRAEL WITH MURDER AND LAW-BREAKING*

TIna t*o*n pro-ph*e*T*O*N ouk eDI*o*-xan [1377] hoi paTEres huM*O*N?

*Which of the prophets did not your :fathers :persecute?*

kai aPEKtei-nan [615] tous pro-ka-tagGEIlan-tas [4393]

*and they killed them that showed before*

peRI t*e*s eLEUse-*o*s [1660] tou diKAIou [1342];

*of the coming of the Righteous One;*

hou nun huMEIS proDOtai [4273] kai phoNEIS [5406] eGEnes-the;

*of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers;*

HOti-nes eLAbe-te ton NOmon eis di-a-taGAS [1296] agGEl*o*n,

*53 you who received the law unto ordinances of angels,*

kai ouk e-phuLAxa-te [5442].

*and did not keep it.*


 *3. 7:54-60 STEPHEN'S MARTYRDOM*

*a. 7:54 CONVICTION DOES NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO REPENTANCE*

A-KOUon-tes de TAUta, di-ePRIon-to [1282] tais karDIais auT*O*N,

*Now when they heard these things, they were cut in their :hearts,*

kai Ebru-chon [1031] tous oDONtas [3598] ep' auTON.

*and gnashed their teeth at him.*


 *b. 7:55 STEPHEN REPORTS A HEAVENLY VISION OF JESUS*

huPARch*o*n de PL*E*r*e*s PNEUma-tos HaGIou,

*But being full of the Holy Spirit,*

a-teNIsas [816] eis ton ou-raNON, EIden DOxan [1391] TheOU,

*he fixed his eyes on the heaven, and saw God's glory,*

kai 'I*e*SOUN heST*O*ta ek de-xi*O*N tou TheOU,

*and Jesus standing at :God's right hand,*

kai EIpen, 'I-DOU, the-*o*R*O* tous ou-raNOUS di-*e*-noigMEnous [455],

*56 and he said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened,*

kai ton huiON tou anTHR*O*pou ek de-xi*O*N heST*O*ta tou TheOU.

*and the Son of :man standing at :God's right hand.*


 *c. 7:57-58 STEPHEN MARTYRED*

KRAxan-tes [2896] de ph*o*N*E* meGAl*e*, suNESchon [4912] ta *O*ta [3775]auT
*O*N,

*But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their :ears,*

kai H*O*Rm*e*-san [3729 ho-mo-thu-maDON [3861] ep' auTON;

*and rushed upon him with one accord;*

kai ek-baLONtes [1544] Ex*o* t*e*s POle-*o*s, e-li-thoBOloun [3036];

*58 and cast him out of the city, and stoned him;*

kai hoi MARtu-res [3144] aPEthen-to [659] ta hiMAti-a [2440] auT*O*N

*and the witnesses laid down their :garments*

paRA tous POdas ne-aNIou [3494] ka-louMEnou SAUlou [4569].

*at the feet of a youth :called Saul.*


 *d. 7:59 STEPHEN CALLED ON THE LORD AT THE END*

kai e-li-thoBOloun [3036] ton STEpha-non, e-pi-kaLOUme-non [1941],

*And they stoned :Stephen, calling upon the Lord,*

kai LEgon-ta, KUri-e 'I*e*SOU, DExai to PNEU-MA mou.

*and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my :spirit.*


 *e. 7:60a STEPHEN REQUESTS FORGIVENESS FOR HIS MURDERERS*

theis de ta GOna-ta, Ekra-xen ph*o*N*E* meGAl*e*,

*And he kneeled, and cried with a loud voice,*

KUri-e, m*e* ST*E*s*e*s [2476] auTOIS TAUt*e*n t*e*n ha-marTIan [266].

*Lord, lay not this :sin to their charge.*


 *f. 7:60b STEPHEN SLEEPS*

kai TOUto eiP*O*N, e-koiM*E*th*e* [2837].

*A**nd when he had said this, he fell asleep.*


 *4. 8:1a SAUL CONSENTS TO STEPHEN'S MARTYRDOM*

SAUlos de *e*n su-neu-doK*O*N [4909] t*e* a-naiREsei [336] auTOU.

*And Saul was consenting to his :death.*



 *B. 8:1b-3 TERRIBLE PERSECUTION LED BY SAUL*

*a. 8:1b PERSECUTION IMMEDIATELY SCATTERS CHURCH OF JERUSALEM *

E-GEne-to de en eKEIn*e* t*e* h*e*MEra di-*o*gMOS [1375] MEgas

*And a great persecution arose on that :day*

ePI t*e*n ek-kl*e*SIan t*e*n en 'Ie-ro-soLUmois; PANtes de di-eSPAr*e*-san
[1289]

*against the church :in Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad*

kaTA tas CH*O*ras [5561] t*e*s 'IouDAIas kai Sa-marRIas, pl*e*n t*o*n
a-poSTOl*o*n.

*throughout the regions of :Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.*


 *b. 8:2 STEPHEN BURIED AND MOURNED OVER*

su-neKOmi-san [4792] de ton STEpha-non ANdres eu-laBEIS [2126],

*And devout men buried :Stephen,*

kai ePOI*e*-san ko-peTON [2870] meGAN ep' auT*O*.

*and made great lamentation over him.*


 *c. 8:3 SAUL INCREASES PERSECUTION OF CHURCH*

SAUlos de e-luMAIne-to [3075] t*e*n ek-kl*e*SIan, kaTA tous OIkous
eis-po-reuOme-nos [1531],

*But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every :house,*

SUr*o*n [4951] te ANdras kai guNAIkas pa-reDIdou [3860] eis phu-laK*E*N
[5438].

*and dragging men and women committed them to prison.*



 *NOTE**: *7:54-60 - This martyrdom was almost a foregone conclusion in the
light of Stephen's blistering exposure of the spirit of the rulers in the
Sanhedrin. As Stephen pointed out, they had the *same* spirit as Israel's
people and most leaders in all their past generations! And - the vision of
Jesus at the end, but exacerbated the rage of Stephen's hearers. And - it
was the Spirit of the Father who led Stephen to give this devastating
diatribe! *This* is what *God* thought of Israel's rulers. Stephen was
*His*mouthpiece!


 8:1a - What a revealing word concerning Saul of Tarsus in his pre-salvation
state! He was one spirit with the other Sanhedrin leaders. And to think that
God had planned for him to hear the defense of Stephen, and his accusation
concerning such leaders as Saul. Then - he saw the manifestation of the
glory of God on Stephen's face prior to his stoning, as he recounted his
open heavenly vision of Jesus! Did this have a part to play in the
conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus?


 8:1b-3 - But prior to the explosion of numbers to the Kingdom of God, the
tremendous persecution that followed Stephen's martyrdom, led especially by
Saul of Tarsus, scattered believers because of this very persecution. This
no doubt had much to do in God's wisdom concerning this increased
ingathering of souls. Romans 8:28 is *always* at work, when God is in
charge. J.A.W.


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