Thursday, 5 May 2022
Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. Acts 7:29
Moses, being challenged by one of the Israelites he encountered, was asked, “Do you want …
Friday, 6 May 2022
“And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. Acts 7:30
The previous verse noted that Abraham had become a dwell…
Monday, 9 May 2022
‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. Acts 7:33
The previous verse is where the Lord revealed Himself to Moses as the God of Abrah…
Sunday, 8 May 2022
saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. Acts 7:32
In the previous verse, Moses had approached the burn…
Monday, 9 May 2022
‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. Acts 7:33
The previous verse is where the Lord revealed Himself to Moses as the God of Abrah…
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” Acts 7:34
In the previous ve…
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
“This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. Acts 7:35
The…
Thursday, 12 May 2022
He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Acts 7:36
The previous verse referred to Moses, who was rejecte…
Friday, 13 May 2022
“This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’ Acts 7:37
The previous verse described Moses…
Saturday, 14 May 2022
“This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, Acts 7:38
Follo…
Sunday, 15 May 2022
whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, Acts 7:39
Stephen is still referring to Moses. He just noted that it was he to whom the Angel spoke on Mou…
Monday, 16 May 2022
saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ Acts 7:40
In the previous verse, Stephen noted that t…
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Acts 7:41
Included among other words in the previous verse, Stephen quoted the people…
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,…
Thursday, 19 May 2022
You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ Acts 7:43
Stephen had just begun to quote Am…
Friday, 20 May 2022
“Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, Acts 7:44
In the previous verse, Stephen complete…
Saturday, 21 May 2022
which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, Acts 7:45
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Sunday, 22 May 2022
who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. Acts 7:46
The previous verse mentioned that the fathers who entered Canaan had received the tabernacle. This continued unt…
Monday, 23 May 2022
But Solomon built Him a house. Acts 7:47
The previous verse referred to David, saying, “who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.” With that, Stephen now notes, “Bu…
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…
