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Andκαὶthey made a calfἐμοσχοποίησανinἐνthoseἐκείναιςdaysταῖς ἡμέραιςandκαὶofferedἀνήγαγονa sacrificeθυσίανto the idol,τῷ εἰδώλῳandκαὶthey were rejoicingεὐφραίνοντοinἐνthe worksτοῖς ἔργοιςof theirτῶν αὐτῶνhands.χειρῶν
Acts 7:41
Study it in the app“And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol, and they were rejoicing in the works of their hands.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:41, word by word
- they made a calfἐμοσχοποίησανemoschopoiēsan
make a calf
Make a calf, the golden idol of the wilderness.
Where else “emoschopoiēsan” appears- daysἡμέραιςhēmerais
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerais” appears- offeredἀνήγαγονanēgagon
bring out
To bring someone out before the public, or bring an offering to the altar.
Where else “anēgagon” appears- a sacrificeθυσίανthysian
sacrifice
What was offered to God on the altar.
Where else “thysian” appears- to the idolεἰδώλῳeidōlōi
idol
Idol, image of a false god.
Where else “eidōlōi” appears- they were rejoicingεὐφραίνοντοeuphrainonto
rejoice
To feel joy over something good that happened or that God did.
Where else “euphrainonto” appears- the worksἔργοιςergois
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergois” appears- handsχειρῶνcheirōn
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheirōn” appears
The context
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.’
41 · This verse (above)
42But God turned away and handed them over to worship the army of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘You did not offer me slaughtered victims and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel?
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?