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Acts 7:39 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 39
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,Acts 7:39 · King James Version
Acts 7:39 in context
37This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- heartskardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- obeyginomaito becomeG1096 →
- obeyhypēkoosgiving ear, obedientG5255 →
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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