And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.The angel — The Son of God; as appears from his styling himself Jehovah.In a flame of fire — Signifying the majesty of God then present. Exodus 3:2. read more
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.Then said the Lord, Loose thy shoes — An ancient token of reverence; for the place is holy ground - The holiness of places depends on the peculiar presence of God there. read more
III. The Transition from Egypt to the Holy Land under Moses, Acts 7:20-43. Stephen was accused of blaspheming Moses, of seeking to abolish his law and change his customs; and so it is Moses upon whom he most fully dwells and builds his argument. He now professes his faith regarding Moses. Moses was the founder of a great change, the human author of the law and the customs; and he was also assailed in his great mission by the opposition, persecutions, and apostasies of the Jews; and,... read more
23. Gall of bitterness Bitterness is depravity; true hatred and malignity against holiness and God. But in Simon the apostle sees the very gall of such bitterness, the very quintessence of depravity. Bond of iniquity Hemmed around by habits and principles of iniquity, as if bound fast by a fetter or bond, from which he cannot energetically even will to escape. Such are all men by nature without Christ and Spirit and Gospel. To such a condition do men tend by habits and principles of... read more
24. Pray ye For a moment the Magus is overawed. He believes the divine power to reside in the apostles, and trembles at the perdition into which Peter’s imprecation precipitates his money and himself. He begs their prayer, not as refusing to pray for himself, but as believing they have an interest with the Divine, while his is only with the lower powers. But still his lower dregs of character remain undisturbed. Peter tells him to seek forgiveness; he only wants the aversion of threatened... read more
25. And they… returned Like victors from the field, the apostles return to the capital. They probably pass by the same route which they once travelled with the Lord from Samaria, (Luke 9:51-55. See note on John 4:4.) Then John would have called fire from heaven upon the people. Now they testified the historic fact of the Lord’s history, and preached salvation through his name. For the route they took and the villages they evangelized (reversing our Lord’s course) see our note on John... read more
26. The angel An angel. Perhaps, as to Paul, (Acts 16:9,) in a dream; as the word arise may possibly, but not certainly indicate. Philip is still in Samaria. The apostles return home in the ordinary level of their apostleship, but for the cheery and spiritual Philip there is an angel-call to a lively work. Why are the nearer thousands overleaped, and the distant and lonely one selected for this angel-directed visit through the desert? The reply, From God’s mere sovereignty, is... read more
2. First Fruit of Africa, the Ethiopian Eunuch, Acts 7:26-40 . Africa received the Gospel earlier perhaps than Europe; and as an angel invited the Gospel into Europe, (Acts 16:9,) so an angel commissions it to be sent into Africa, (Acts 7:26.) Were these angels the guardian princes of those continents? Daniel 10:20. read more
27. Went Dr. Thomson thinks that Philip intercepted the eunuch somewhere southwest of Latron. Behold The desert is just now not wholly desert, for the chariot of a princely negro is rolling by, giving it a rare life. Ethiopia Is a country south of Egypt, including the modern Abyssinia. The word Ethiopia is derived from the Greek αιθω , burn, and ωψ , face, and alludes, of course, to the negro colour. Eunuch The word etymologically signifies a couch-keeper or chamberlain, and... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 7:27
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?Who appointed thee — "Under the presence of the want of a call by man, the instruments of God are often rejected." read more