Tuesday, 24 May 2022
“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: Acts 7:48
Stephen has been speaking of the tabernacle, David’s desire to build a house for the Lord, and then a…
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
‘Heaven is My throne,And earth is My footstool.What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,Or what is the place of My rest? Acts 7:49
Stephen had just said that “the Most High does not dwell in…
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Has My hand not made all these things?’ Acts 7:50
Stephen is in the process of quoting Isaiah 66:1, 2. He will finish his citation with this verse which is only the first clause of Isaiah 66:2. His …
Friday, 27 May 2022
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. Acts 7:51
Stephen has carefully and methodically laid out his analysis of the …
Saturday, 28 May 2022
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, Acts 7:52
Stephen’s last…
Sunday, 29 May 2022
who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.” Acts 7:53
Stephen’s words of this verse should be taken in connection with the previous verses to get the full context –
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Monday, 30 May 2022
When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. Acts 7:54
Stephen has been quite clear in his words to the council, and they have perfectly understoo…
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, Acts 7:55
The words of the previous verse said that upon hearing the wo…
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” Acts 7:56
The previous verse contained Luke’s words describing the situation surrounding Stephen. Th…
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; Acts 7:57
Stephen had just called out, stating that he saw the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing a…
Friday, 3 June 2022
and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Acts 7:58
The previous verse saw the council in a tizzy, and they ran…
Saturday, 4 June 2022
And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Acts 7:59
The words of this verse are important to consider in their greater context. They are tied dire…
Sunday, 5 June 2022
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:60
The previous verse spoke of Stephen being stoned and …
Monday, 6 June 2022
Now Saul was consenting to his death.At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the…
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. Acts 8:2
The last verse spoke of the consequences of Stephen’s stoning which noted that great persecution arose agai…
