Study it in the app“This 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,”
This tentἣνourοἱ ἡμῶνfathers,πατέρεςhaving received it in turn,διαδεξάμενοιalsoκαὶbrought inεἰσήγαγονwithμετὰJoshuaἸησοῦintoἐνthe possessionτῇ κατασχέσειof the nationsτῶν ἐθνῶνwhomὧνGodὁ θεὸςdrove outἐξῶσενbeforeἀπὸ προσώπουourτῶν ἡμῶνfathers,πατέρωνuntilἕωςthe daysτῶν ἡμερῶνof David,Δαυίδ
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appearsreceive in turn
Receive in turn from others.
Where else “diadexamenoi” appearsbring in
Bring in, lead in.
Where else “eisēgagon” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearspossession
Possession: land held as one's own.
Where else “kataschesei” appearsGentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appearsdrive out
To thrust someone out of their place by force.
Where else “exōsen” appearspresence
Literally "the face": being in front of someone, face to face.
Where else “prosōpou” appearslifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerōn” appearsDavid
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Where else “Dauid” appearsIn Greek Joshua has the same name as Jesus: Ἰησοῦς.
44Our 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.
45 · This verse (above)
46who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
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?
