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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23-29

Marks of the born reformer. Conversion does not by any means purport to create new powers of mind or to substitute new qualities of heart, but to direct aright the powers which are already the gifts of nature or creation—to direct them to right and worthy objects, and to fill them with right and worthy energy. So also inspiration does not purport to override natural sources of knowledge and natural gifts, so as to obliterate the prevailing marks of individual character and even individual... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:25

And he supposed that his brethren understood for for he supposed that his brethren would have understood, A.V.; was giving them deliverance for would deliver them, A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:26

The day following for the next day, A.V.; he appeared for be showed himself , A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:28

Wouldest for wilt, A.V.; killedst for diddest , A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:29

And Moses fled for then fled Moses, A.V.; became a sojourner for was a stranger, A.V.; Midian for Madian, A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:30

Fulfilled for expired, A.V. ; an angel appeared for there appeared … an angel, A.V.; an angel for an angel of the Lord, A.V. and T.R.; Sinai for Sina, A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:30-34

The call of Moses. I. THE MESSAGE BY FIRE . Fire is the sign of the presence of Jehovah. It denotes spiritual agency in its intensity. Fire penetrates and it purifies. It is, therefore, inimical to evil and conservative of good. Darkness of mystery is round about God, and when he comes forth from it to reveal himself to men it is in the form of fire. It is an emblem of the Holy Spirit. In the bosoms of men he glows, and the musing poet bursts forth into inspired song, and the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:31

And when for when, A.V.; behold for behold it, A.V. ; there came a voice of the Lord for the voice of the Lord came unto him, A.V. There came a voice. The A.V. is surely right. The Lord has only one voice; and φωνὴ κυρίου is that voice. The grammatical effect of κυρίου upon φωνὴ is to make it definite, as in ἄγγελος κυρίου (see Acts 5:19 , note). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:32

Saying, A.V., is omitted; of Isaac and of Jacob for the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, A.V. and T.R.; and for then, A.V. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:33

And the Lord said unto him for then said the Lord to him, A.V.; loose the shoes for put off by shoes, A.V. Loose the shoes , etc. In Exodus 3:5 it is λύσαι … ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν σου . Iamblichus, quoted by Meyer, refers the Pythagorean precept, "Sacrifice and worship with thy shoes off," to an Egyptian custom. The custom of Orientals to take off their sandals on entering mosques or other sacred places, as existing to the present day, is noticed by many travelers (see also ... read more

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