Study it in the app“Our fathers had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.”
Ourτοῖς ἡμῶνfathersπατράσινhadἦνthe tentἩ σκηνὴof testimonyτοῦ μαρτυρίουinἐνthe wilderness,τῇ ἐρήμῳjust asκαθὼςthe one whoὁspokeλαλῶνto Mosesτῷ Μωϋσῇdirectedδιετάξατοhim to makeποιῆσαιitαὐτὴνaccording toκατὰthe patternτὸν τύπονthatὃνhe had seen.ἑωράκει
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “patrasin” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēn” appearstabernacle
The portable sanctuary that Israel carried through the wilderness, where God dwelt.
Where else “skēnē” appearstestimony, evidence
Testimony, evidence.
Where else “martyriou” appearswilderness
Land without people or crops.
Where else “erēmōi” appearsspeak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalōn” appearsMoses
Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.
Where else “Mōysēi” appearsinstruct, arrange
Give instructions, order, arrange, appoint.
Where else “dietaxato” appearsmake
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “poiēsai” appearsexample
A model or example to follow.
Where else “typon” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “heōrakei” appears43And you took up the tent of Molech and the star of the god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them. And I will deport you beyond Babylon.’
44 · This verse (above)
45This tent our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the days of David,
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?
