Acts 7:45

Acts 7:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
• New International Version (NIV)After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,
• New King James Version (NKJV)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

Context of Acts 7:45

43No. You carried with you the idol of the god called Molech. You also carried an idol with the shape of a star, to be like your god, Rephan. These were the idols which you worshipped in the wilderness. So now I will send you away from your own country. You will go to live in places beyond Babylon.’ ” 44When our ancestors were in the wilderness, they carried a special tent with them. It showed that God was there with them and that is where they worshipped him. God showed Moses how he should make that tent. The people made it in the way that God had said. Later, our ancestors received that special tent for themselves. They brought it with them when they came with Joshua to live in this land. They took the land from the people who were living here. God chased out those people so that our ancestors could live there. The tent remained in this place until David became the king of Israel. 46God was happy with King David and he helped him very much. So David said to God, “May I build a special house where you can live among your people, the descendants of Jacob?” 47But it was David's son, Solomon, who built a house for God.

Acts 7:45 word by word

ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῶσεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fathersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• that came afterδιαδέχομαιdiadechomai · to receive in turnG1237
• brought inεἰσάγωeisagō · to bring inG1521
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JoshuaG2424
• intoἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the possessionκατάσχεσιςkataschesis · possessionG2697
• of the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• drave outἐξωθέωexōtheō exōthō · to expelG1856
• beforeἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• untoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138

Cross-references for Acts 7:45

• Joshua 3:11Look now! The Covenant Box of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan River in front of you.
• Joshua 18:1All the Israelite people met together at Shiloh. There they put up the Tent of Meeting. They now ruled the whole land.
• Judges 18:31They continued to worship Micah's idol in Dan all the time that God's special tent was in Shiloh.
• 1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent men to Shiloh and they brought back the Lord's Covenant Box. That is where the Lord Almighty sits between the cherubs. Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, also came with God's Covenant Box.
• 1 Kings 8:4The priests and the Levites carried the Lord's Covenant Box, the Tent of Meeting and all the holy things that were in the tent.
• 1 Chronicles 16:39Zadok and the other priests served the Lord at the tabernacle in Gibeon. That was still the place where the Israelites worshipped God.
• 1 Chronicles 21:29At that time the Lord's tabernacle was at Gibeon, where the Israelites worshipped God. The tabernacle was the special tent that Moses had made in the wilderness. The altar for burnt offerings was also at Gibeon.
• Joshua 3:6He said to the priests, ‘Pick up the Covenant Box, and carry it in front of the people.’ So they picked it up, and they went on in front of the people.
• Hebrews 4:8This shows that Joshua did not bring God's people to the place where they could rest. Later, God had to speak again about another day of rest.
• Acts 13:19He destroyed seven nations of people who lived in the land of Canaan. God gave their land to his own people so that they could live there.
• Nehemiah 9:24Their descendants went there and they took the land for themselves. You gave them power over the Canaanites and the other kings and nations who lived there. They could do whatever they wanted with those people.
• Psalms 44:2You used your power to chase away the other nations, so that our ancestors could live in their land. You punished those nations, and you helped our ancestors to be free.
• Psalms 78:55He chased away the nations that were living there. He gave to each tribe their own piece of land, so that Israel's tribes could live there.
• 2 Samuel 6:1David chose 30,000 of the best soldiers in Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 15:1David built houses for himself in the City of David. He put up a tent as a place where he would put God's Covenant Box.

Commentaries on Acts 7:45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45Brought in with Jesus - That is, with Joshua, whom the Greek version, quoted by St. Stephen, always writes , Jesus, but which should constantly be written Joshua in such cases as the present, in order to avoid ambiguity and confusion. Possession of the Gentiles - , of the heathens, whom Joshua conquered, and gave their land to the children of Israel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Our fathers that came after - None of the generation that came out of Egypt were permitted to enter into the and of Canaan except Caleb and Joshua, Numbers 14:22-24; Numbers 32:11-12. Hence, it is said that their fathers who “came after,” that is, after the generation when the tabernacle was built. The Greek, however, here means, properly, “which also our fathers, having “received,” brought,” etc. The sense is not materially different. Stephen means that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-50Verses 42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabernacle gave way to the temple; so it is now, that the earthly temple gives way to the spiritual one; and so it will be when, at last, the spiritual shall give way to the eternal one. The whole world is God's temple, in which he is every where present, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53Stephen answered the accusations by speaking about his Lord (see Luke 21:12–17). Instead of defending himself, he became a witness in God's legal case against them. This revealed how contrary they were and their lack of loyalty. Stephen gave a history of Israel's past and reminded them of their repeated rejections of those who announced God's messages. Stephen's review of Israel's history has three main parts: The work of the patriarchs. This refers to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 42-5042-50. gave them up--judicially. as ... written in the book of the prophets--the twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Am 5:25. have ye offered to me ... sacrifices?--The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [Bengel].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings