The Lexham High Definition New Testament uses a totally new approach. Instead of forcing you to do all the years of study, and to master all kinds of technical terminology, it identifies the attention-getters, suspense-builders, emphasized words and outlining signals that the original writers used, and labels them for you right in the text. Instead of just mentioning them in study notes or a commentary, they are annotated for you, giving you a wealth of information that has never been accessible before.
37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.’
38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Runge, S. E. (2008–2014). The Lexham High Definition New Testament: ESV Edition (Ac 7:37–41). Lexham Press.
O.T. Quotations and Allusions in the N.T.
The New Testament depends heavily on the Old Testament. The significant metaphors, themes, and stories are used by all the writers of the New. The New Testament contains stories of prophecies and promises fulfilled in the life and work of Jesus Christ and in the work of the Early Church. Understanding the New Testament use of the Old Testament is critical for interpretation and exegesis.
Jones, D. A. (2009). Old Testament Quotations and Allusions in the New Testament (Ac 7:37). Logos Bible Software.
Cross References
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is one of the most comprehensive sets of cross references ever compiled, consisting of over 572,000 entries. This reference tool is an invaluable asset for your Bible study library. The Logos Bible Software edition makes it even more attractive and interactive by making every single reference in the book a link.
Exodus 32:1–35 | When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!” So Aaron said to them, “Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”…
Deuteronomy 18:15–22 | The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you—from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him. This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the LORD your God: “Please do not make us hear the voice of the LORD our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”…
Exodus 19:1–20:17 | In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the Desert of Sinai. After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain…
Acts 3:22–26 | Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’…
Numbers 14:3–4 | Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
37 that. ver. 38. 2 Ch. 28:22. Da. 6:13. A prophet. ch. 3:22. De. 18:15–19. like unto me. or, as myself. him. ch. 3:23. Mat. 17:3–5. Mar. 9:7. Lu. 9:30, 31, 35. Jno. 8:46, 47; 18:37.
38 in the church. Ex. 19:3–17; 20:19, 20. Nu. 16:3, etc., 41, 42. with the. See on ver. 30, 35, 53. Is. 63:9. Ga. 3:19. He. 2:2. who. Ex. 21:1, etc. De. 5:27–31; 6:1–3; 33:4. Ne. 9:13, 14. Jno. 1:17. lively. De. 30:19, 20; 32:46, 47. Ps. 78:5–9. Jno. 6:63. Ro. 3:2; 9:4; 10:6–10. He. 5:12. 1 Pe. 4:11.
39 whom. ver. 51, 52. Ne. 9:16. Ps. 106:16, 32, 33. Eze. 20:6–14. but. ver. 27. Ju. 11:2. 1 Ki. 2:27. and in. Ex. 14:11, 12; 16:3; 17:3. Nu. 11:5; 14:3, 4; 21:5. Ne. 9:17.
41 they. Ex. 32:2–8, 17–20. De. 9:12–18. Ne. 9:18. Ps. 106:19–21. rejoiced. Is. 2:8, 9; 44:9–20. Ho. 9:1, 10. Hab. 2:18–20.
Blayney, B., Scott, T., & Torrey, R. A. with Canne, J., Browne. (n.d.). The Treasury of Scripture knowledge (Vol. 2, p. 88). Samuel Bagster and Sons.
Commentary
The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.
Israel Rebelled Against God (7:37–43)
Although God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage through Moses (7:36), Stephen asserts that the Israelites rejected this Moses, who also prophesied about another prophet (7:37–38). The Israelite ancestors rejected Moses’ leadership in the wilderness, complained, and made and worshiped a golden calf (7:39–41). Consequently, God rejected them, as Amos (5:25–27 LXX) prophesied (7:42–43).
7:37 Stephen identifies the Moses whom God chose to deliver Israel from Egyptian bondage (7:34–36) as the prophet who prophesied that just as God raised him up, God would raise up another prophet for them and from among them.
7:38 Stephen further asserts that Moses (7:37), the same Moses who accompanied Israel in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him in the Sinai wilderness (and spoke to the ancestors), received living oracles for Israel.
7:39 Stephen asserts for the third time that the Israelite ancestors rejected Moses (7:27, 35), but this time in the wilderness, after God used Moses to deliver them (7:34–38): they rejected Moses’ authority, shoved him aside, and desired to return to Egypt.
7:40 Stephen describes why the Israelites rejected Moses’ leadership in the wilderness (7:34–39): the Israelites instructed Aaron, Moses’ brother, to construct gods that they could trust (and see) to lead them forward, since Moses was away so long that they wondered what had become of him (on the Sinai/Horeb Mount with Yahweh).
7:41 This verse describes the result of the Israelites’ instruction to Aaron (7:40): with their hands they constructed an idol in the form of a calf, to which they offered sacrifices and celebrated their craftsmanship (7:41).
Mangum, D., ed. (2020). Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament (Ac 7:37–43). Lexham Press.
Runge, S. E. (2008–2014). The Lexham High Definition New Testament: ESV Edition (Ac 7:37–41). Lexham Press.
Runge, S. E. (2008). The Lexham High Definition New Testament: Introduction. Logos Bible Software.
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