Acts 7:37-60 WEB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 7:54-60

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 7:54. Cut to the heart.—See on Acts 7:33. The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37. Gnashed on him with their teeth.—Lit. snapped their teeth against him, like ferocious animals. The phrase only occurs here. The Sanhedrists “had passed beyond articulate speech into the inarticulate utterances of animal ferocity” (Plumptre).Acts 7:58. They stoned Stephen.—An illegal and tumultuous proceeding, as the Jews at this time had not the power of inflicting... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

Acts 6:0 ; Acts 7:0 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each other; and sooner or later the followers of the one will come into collision with the votaries of the other. The opposition of the ungodly is one of the seals to the genuineness of our discipleship; and if we bear ourselves rightly under it, who can tell but that it may be the occasion of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:44

Acts 7:44 I. The wandering of the Israelites was all a parable. It was, if we may trust apostolic teachings, all a Divine shadow of that great invisible and spiritual society, the yet more mysterious Ecclesia, "the Church throughout all ages" on its mighty march through time, with all its attendant omens and prodigies, for such is the Church everywhere, a witness in the wilderness; such, indeed, is the Church; such are all its varieties of ordinance. It is the perpetual remonstrance against the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:47-50

Acts 7:47-50 The Temples of God. Note: I. The physical creation. "Heaven is My throne; and earth is My footstool. Hath not My hand made these things?" These words refer directly to the material creation, and imply that God fashioned the heaven and the earth to be a temple to Himself, in which He might manifest His glory. II. The second creation, or Judaism. God became nearer man in Judaism than in the material creation. He was pleased to concentrate the symbol of His presence in one special... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:56

Acts 7:56 The Witnesses for the Glorified Son of Man. I. When Stephen spoke the words of our text, the truth which he had been proclaiming in all his discourse, which he had perceived to be the subject and climax of all revelation, presented itself to him just as actually as any visible thing presents itself to the eye. It was not a doctrine of the Incarnation which he acknowledged in that hour a mere doctrine would have stood him in little stead. It was a person who stood before him, a person... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:59-60

Acts 7:59-60 Note: I. The faith of Stephen. How was it manifested, and in what respect may we seek to imitate it? Now, I think we may say that as his faith was seen in every part of his trial, so most remarkably in the manner in which he faced death. It was seen in that upward looking of his soul to God in the hour of deepest suffering; it was proved by the cry which he then uttered, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." These words, spoken at such a time, must be regarded as the strongest evidence... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Acts 7:59-60

DISCOURSE: 1757THE DEATH OF STEPHENActs 7:59-60. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.OF all histories, that of the Christian Church is the most interesting, and particularly that part of it which is recorded by the inspired writers. There we behold every thing portrayed with perfect fidelity; nothing is concealed,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 7:54-60

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:44

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:47-50

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:56

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 7:59-60

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Acts 7:59-60

Scofield's Reference Notes - Acts 7:37

Scofield's Reference Notes - Acts 7:38

Scofield's Reference Notes - Acts 7:45

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