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Text -- Acts 7:46 (NET)

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7:46 He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Temple | Stephen | Solomon | Readings, Select | Quotations and Allusions | Priest | Persecution | Jerusalem | HABITATION | Government | GRACE | Defense | DOCTRINE | Court | more
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Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , TSK

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TSK Synopsis , Combined Bible , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Barclay , Constable , College , McGarvey

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Act 7:46 - -- Asked ( ēitēsato ). Aorist middle (indirect) indicative, asked for himself (as a favour to himself). Cf. 2Sa 7:2.

Asked ( ēitēsato ).

Aorist middle (indirect) indicative, asked for himself (as a favour to himself). Cf. 2Sa 7:2.

Robertson: Act 7:46 - -- A habitation ( skēnōma ). Like Psa 132:5, but it was a house that David proposed to build (2Sa 7:2), not a tent (skēnē ) which already exist...

A habitation ( skēnōma ).

Like Psa 132:5, but it was a house that David proposed to build (2Sa 7:2), not a tent (skēnē ) which already existed. Skēnōma here means a more permanent abode (oikon , house, in Act 7:47), though from the same root as skēnē .

Vincent: Act 7:46 - -- Desired ( ᾐτήσατο ) More correctly, asked : through Nathan. See 2Sa 7:2.

Desired ( ᾐτήσατο )

More correctly, asked : through Nathan. See 2Sa 7:2.

Vincent: Act 7:46 - -- Tabernacle ( σκήνωμα ) It was not a tabernacle or tent which David proposed to build, but a house. See 2Sa 7:2. Rev., rightly, ha...

Tabernacle ( σκήνωμα )

It was not a tabernacle or tent which David proposed to build, but a house. See 2Sa 7:2. Rev., rightly, habitation. Compare οἶκον , a house, Act 7:47, and 2Ch 6:18.

Wesley: Act 7:46 - -- But he did not obtain his petition: for God remained without any temple till Solomon built him a house. Observe how wisely the word is chosen with res...

But he did not obtain his petition: for God remained without any temple till Solomon built him a house. Observe how wisely the word is chosen with respect to what follows.

JFB: Act 7:42-50 - -- Judicially.

Judicially.

JFB: Act 7:42-50 - -- The twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Amo 5:25.

The twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Amo 5:25.

JFB: Act 7:42-50 - -- The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [BENGEL].

The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [BENGEL].

Clarke: Act 7:46 - -- Desired to find a tabernacle - This was in David’ s heart, and it met with the Divine approbation: see 2Sa 7:2, etc., and see the purpose, Psa ...

Desired to find a tabernacle - This was in David’ s heart, and it met with the Divine approbation: see 2Sa 7:2, etc., and see the purpose, Psa 132:2-5; but, as David had been a man of war, and had shed much blood, God would not permit him to build the temple; but he laid the plan and made provision for it, and Solomon executed the design.

TSK: Act 7:46 - -- found : Act 13:22; 1Sa 15:28, 1Sa 16:1, 1Sa 16:11-13; 2Sa 6:21, 2Sa 7:1, 2Sa 7:8, 2Sa 7:18, 2Sa 7:19; 1Ch 28:4, 1Ch 28:5; Psa 78:68-72, 89:19-37, Psa ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Act 7:46 - -- Who found favour ... - That is, God granted him great prosperity, and delivered him from his enemies. To find a tabernacle - To prepare a...

Who found favour ... - That is, God granted him great prosperity, and delivered him from his enemies.

To find a tabernacle - To prepare a permanent dwelling-place for the "ark,"and for the visible symbols of the divine presence. Hitherto the ark had been kept in the tabernacle, and had been borne about from place to place. David sought to build a house that would be permanent, where the ark might be deposited, 2 Sam. 7; 1Ch 22:7.

Poole: Act 7:46 - -- Found favour before God as Luk 1:30 . Desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob it was David’ s earnest request, that he might any way...

Found favour before God as Luk 1:30 .

Desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob it was David’ s earnest request, that he might any ways glorify God, especially in his worship, and that he might know where the ark should rest, and where the temple was to be built, its Psa 132:1-18 declares throughout.

Gill: Act 7:46 - -- Who found favour before God,.... That is, David, who had an interest in the free favour and love of God, was chosen of God, a man after his own heart,...

Who found favour before God,.... That is, David, who had an interest in the free favour and love of God, was chosen of God, a man after his own heart, and raised up to do his will; and who had the grace of God implanted in him, and was acceptable, and well pleasing to God through Christ; the same is said of Noah, Gen 6:8

and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; from whom the Israelites descended: David having a deep sense of the love of God to him, and the grace of God wrought in his heart, was exceeding desirous of finding a place for the building of an house, or fixed habitation for God; for there was a tabernacle already, which had been from the time of Moses, and which the children of Israel brought with them into Canaan, and was moved from place to place; sometimes it was at Gilgal, sometimes at Shiloh, and then it was at Nob, and Gibeah, and at length it was brought by David into his own city; but he wanted to build a settled and stable house for the Lord, of which there was a hint given that the Lord would choose a place to put his name in, Deu 16:2 but it seems, where that was to be was not known; and therefore David very anxiously sought after it; the reference is had to Psa 132:3 where David determines not to go to his house, nor up to his bed, nor give sleep, to his eyes, nor slumber to his eyelids, till he had found out a place for the habitation of the God of Jacob.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 7:46 Some mss read θεῷ (qew, “God”) here, a variant much easier to understand in the context. The reading “God” is ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Act 7:1-60 - --1 Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,2 shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,20 before Mos...

Combined Bible: Act 7:46 - --notes on verse 44     

MHCC: Act 7:42-50 - --Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no disho...

Matthew Henry: Act 7:42-50 - -- Two things we have in these verses: - I. Stephen upbraids them with the idolatry of their fathers, which God gave them up to, as a punishment for t...

Barclay: Act 7:37-53 - --The speech of Stephen begins to accelerate. All the time by implication it has been condemning the attitude of the Jews; now that implicit condemnat...

Constable: Act 6:8--9:32 - --II. THE WITNESS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA 6:8--9:31 In this next major section of Acts, Luke narrated three significa...

Constable: Act 6:8--8:2 - --A. The martyrdom of Stephen 6:8-8:1a Luke presented the events surrounding Stephen's martyrdom in Jerusa...

Constable: Act 7:2-53 - --2. Stephen's address 7:2-53 As a Hellenistic Jew, Stephen possessed a clearer vision of the univ...

Constable: Act 7:44-50 - --Stephen's view of the temple 7:44-50 Stephen effectively refuted the general charges that he blasphemed God and Moses (6:11; cf vv. 2-16) and spoke ag...

College: Act 7:1-60 - --ACTS 7 2. Stephen's Defense (7:1-53) The Old Testament Patriarchs (7:1-8) 1 Then the high priest asked him, " Are these charges true?" 2 To this h...

McGarvey: Act 7:44-50 - --44-50. Instead of either admitting or denying the charge of blasphemy against the temple, he undertakes to show the true religious value of that build...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES By Way of Introduction But for the Acts we should know nothing of the early apostolic period save what is told in the Epi...

JFB: Acts (Book Introduction) THIS book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in...

JFB: Acts (Outline) INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PEN...

TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 7:1, Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy, Act 7:2, shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God cho...

Poole: Acts 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7

MHCC: Acts (Book Introduction) This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from th...

MHCC: Acts 7 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-50) Stephen's defence. (Act 7:51-53) Stephen reproves the Jews for the death of Christ. (Act 7:54-60) The martyrdom of Stephen.

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

Matthew Henry: Acts 7 (Chapter Introduction) When our Lord Jesus called his apostles out to be employed in services and sufferings for him, he told them that yet the last should be first, and ...

Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

Barclay: Acts 7 (Chapter Introduction) Stephen's Defence (Act_7:1-7) The Man Who Came Out (Act_7:1-7 Continued) Down Into Egypt (Act_7:8-16) The Man Who Never Forgot His Fellow-Country...

Constable: Acts (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title "Acts of the Apostles" is very ancient. The Anti-Marcioni...

Constable: Acts (Outline) Outline I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7 A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46 ...

Constable: Acts Acts Bibliography Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeolog...

Haydock: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. INTRODUCTION. St. Luke, who had published his gospel, wrote also a second volume, which, from the first ages, hath bee...

Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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