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7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samar′ia and to the end of the earth.”
Chapter 7 ⌄. 1 The high priest asked, 'Is this true?' 2 He replied, 'My brothers, my fathers, listen to what I have to say. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia before settling in Haran, 3 and said to him, "Leave your country, your kindred and your father's house for this country which I shall show you."
CHAPTER 7 Stephen’s Discourses. 1Then the high priest asked, “Is this so?” 2a And he replied,* “My brothers and fathers, listen.
Verse 7 The nation which they shall serve, I will judge. The meaning is, that God would afflict the Egyptians with divers plagues, or visible punishments, before they dismissed the Israelites.
How are the political aspirations of Judaism given a spiritual fulfillment in Acts? What two interrelated traditions echo in the question of the disciples about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel? How does Acts confirm the hopes of the disciples?
acts 7:7 “‘and whatever nation to which they will be in bondage i MYSELF WILL JUDGE,’ said God, ‘AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.’
OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER. To review Stephen's defense to the charge of blasphemy against the temple and the Law. To note the remarkable manner in which the first martyr for Christ died.
