39
Ourοἱ ἡμῶνfathersπατέρεςwere notοὐκwillingἠθέλησανto beγενέσθαιobedientὑπήκοοιto him,ᾧbutἀλλὰthey pushed him awayἀπώσαντοandκαὶinἐνtheirταῖς αὐτῶνheartsκαρδίαιςturned backἐστράφησανtoεἰςEgypt,Αἴγυπτον
Acts 7:39
Study it in the app“Our fathers were not willing to be obedient to him, but they pushed him away and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:39, word by word
- fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears- willingἠθέλησανēthelēsan
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsan” appears- to beγενέσθαιgenesthai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appears- obedientὑπήκοοιhypēkooi
obedient
Obedient, submissive.
Where else “hypēkooi” appears- they pushed him awayἀπώσαντοapōsanto
reject, push away
Push away, reject, thrust aside.
Where else “apōsanto” appears- heartsκαρδίαιςkardiais
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiais” appears- turned backἐστράφησανestraphēsan
change
To change direction or state: to turn toward something, to turn away, or to change one thing into another.
Where else “estraphēsan” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigypton” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
38This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; he received living oracles to give to us.
39 · This verse (above)
40saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us; for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?