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Acts 7:33 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 33
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.Acts 7:33 · King James Version
Acts 7:33 in context
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
32Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- standesthistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- shoeshypodēmawhat is bound under, a sandal, a sole fastened to the foot with thongsG5266 →
- placetoposplace, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space, an inhabited…G5117 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- feetpousa foot, both of men or beast, often in the orient, one put his foot on vanquished, of…G4228 →
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Stephen here proceeds in his story of Moses; and let any one judge whether these are the words of one that was a blasphemer of Moses or no; nothing could be spoken more honourably of him. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-41