Acts Episodes

Wednesday, 6 April 2022And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel. Acts 6:15To get the proper sense of the flow of the words, the verbs must be corrected, and the order of the clauses needs ...

Thursday, 7 April 2022Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?” Acts 7:1Chapter 6 ended with the charge of blasphemy raised against Stephen while he stood confidently before the council. As it noted of him, “his face was like the face o...

Friday, 8 April 2022And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, Acts 7:2At the beginning of Chapter 7, as seen in the last verse, the high pri...

Saturday, 9 April 2022and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ Acts 7:3The previous verse revealed that God had appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia, even before he dwelt in Hara...

Sunday, 10 April 2022Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. Acts 7:4The previous verses referred to Abraham’s having been ca...

Monday, 11 April 2022And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. Acts 7:5The previous verse ref...

Tuesday, 12 April 2022But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. Acts 7:6The previous verse spoke of God giving Abraham no inhe...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ Acts 7:7The previous verse referred to the dwelling of Israel in a foreign land, b...

Thursday, 14 April 2022Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. Acts 7:8Stephen has just detailed the history ...

Friday, 15 April 2022“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him Acts 7:9Stephen’s speech, detailing the history of the Jewish people, quickly moved from Abraham to Isaac, to Jacob, and then to the twelve...

Saturday, 16 April 2022and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Acts 7:10The previous verse referred to the patr...

Sunday, 17 April 2022Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. Acts 7:11The previous verses referred to Joseph’s being sold off to Egypt, but also God’s care of him while the...

Monday, 18 April 2022But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. Acts 7:12The previous verse noted the famine that came all over the land of Egypt and Canaan leaving no sustenance for the fathers. With tha...

Tuesday, 19 April 2022And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. Acts 7:13The previous verse spoke of Jacob hearing of grain in Egypt, and so he sent out his sons (the fathers) in...

Wednesday, 20 April 2022Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. Acts 7:14The previous verse noted that in the second time meeting between Joseph and his brothers, he was made known to them...

Thursday, 21 April 2022So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. Acts 7:15The previous verse noted Joseph’s call for Jacob and his relatives to come down to Egypt. With that said, Stephen continues with, “So Jacob went down ...

Friday, 22 April 2022And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Acts 7:16The previous verse noted Jacob going down to Egypt, dying, and then a...

Saturday, 23 April 2022“But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt Acts 7:17The previous verse detailed the highly complicated statement from Stephen concerning the purchas...

Sunday, 24 April 2022till another king arose who did not know Joseph. Acts 7:18As was noted in the previous verse, it said that “when the time of promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt.” From t...

Monday, 25 April 2022This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. Acts 7:19Stephen just referred to “another king” who “arose who did not know Joseph....

Tuesday, 26 April 2022At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. Acts 7:20Stephen’s previous words referred to the treacherous dealing of the people by the king of Eg...

Wednesday, 27 April 2022But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. Acts 7:21Stephen had just previously said that Moses was brought up in his father’s house for three months. He next notes, “But...

Thursday, 28 April 2022And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. Acts 7:22It was just noted that Moses was set out, but Pharaoh’s daughter “took him away and brought him up as her own son.” Wit...

Friday, 29 April 2022“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. Acts 7:23Stephen’s last words spoke of Moses being learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, something not referred to in the...