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Acts 7
Acts 15:22-24 in Latin (left column) and Greek (right column) in Codex Laudianus, written about AD 550.
BookActs of the Apostles
CategoryChurch history
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part5

Acts 7 is the seventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the address of Stephen before the Sanhedrin and his execution outside [1] Jerusalem, and introduces Saul (who later became Paul the Apostle) as 'a young man'.[2] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[3]

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 60 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:

Structure

This chapter can be grouped:

Cross references

Verse 59

The Pulpit Commentary notes Stephen's words in Acts 7:59 as a 'striking acknowledgment of the divinity of Christ: only he who gave the spirit could receive it back again':[4]

And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”[5]

Verse 60

Alexander MacLaren noted that this verse contains 'the only narrative in the New Testament of a Christian martyrdom or death':[6]

Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Acts 7:58
  2. ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  3. ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  4. ^ Pulpit Commentary http://biblehub.com/acts/7-59.htm, accessed 14 August 2015
  5. ^ Acts 7:59
  6. ^ MacLaren Expositions Of Holy Scripture, http://biblehub.com/commentaries/acts/7-59.htm accessed 14 August 2015
  7. ^ Acts 7:60
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