Reading
Acts 6:1-8:3
Unleashing the Text
Chapter 6
v. 1 - multiplied - By this point, the church may have numbered twenty thousand
v. 1 - Grecians...Hebrews - The "Hebrews" were Jews from Palestine; the "Grecians" were Jews from elsewhere in the Greek world.
v. 2 - serve tables - The word translated "tables" can refer to tables used in financial matters; whether the situation involved meals or money, the apostles did not want to neglect their top priorities.
v. 6 - laid hands on them - a symbolic act demonstrating affirmation, support, and identification
v. 9 - Synagogue of the Libertines - probably three separate synagogues comprised of the groups listed
v. 11 - blasphemous words - Unable to prevail over Stephen in a formal debate, these Jews resorted to deceit.
v. 15 - face of an angel - pure, calm, unruffled composure reflecting the presence of God
Chapter 7
v. 1 - high priest - probably Caiaphas
v. 6 - four hundred years - an approximate figure; see Genesis 15:13-14
v. 8 - twelve patriarchs - the twelve sons of Jacob, who became the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel
v. 19 - cast out their young children - only the male children
v. 23 - he was full forty years old - Moses spent forty years in Pharaoh's court, forty years in exile in Midian, and forty years leading the Exodus and Israel's wilderness wanderings.
v. 39 - would not obey - Israel would not follow Moses' leadership and yearned to return to slavery in Egypt.
v. 42 - God...gave them up to worship the host of heaven - God abandoned the people to their sin of idolatry.
v. 44 - tabernacle of witness - the predecessor of the temple
v. 51 - stiffnecked - proudfully stubborn, like their forefathers
v. 51 - uncircumcised in heart and ears - thus, as unclean before God as the uncircumcised Gentiles
v. 51 - resist the Holy Ghost - by rejecting the Spirit's messengers and their message
v. 54 - gnashed...with their teeth - in anger and frustration
v. 58 - laid down their clothes...Saul - Paul's first appearance in Scripture reveals him to be deeply involved in this sordid, murderous scene.
v. 59 - stoned - the legal punishment for blasphemy; however, this was not a legal execution but an act of mob violence
v. 60 - lay not this sin to their charge - a Christlike plea for his killers' forgiveness
v. 60 - he fell asleep - a common New Testament euphemism for the death of believers
Chapter 8
v. 1 - scattered - Thus began a widespread persecution of Christians that caused many to flee Jerusalem.
v. 3 - made havock - a verb used in extrabiblical Greek writings to refer to the destruction of a city or mangling by a wild animal
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