Acts 7 מעשי השליחים

מעשי השליחים

Acts 7

1.   What were the false charges that were placed against Stephen and did he address them in his response in ch. 7?

 

2.   Stephen begins his response with the story of Avram’s flight from “Mesopotamia” – how is Stephen’s version slightly different from what is written in the Torah, what is the explanation for this?

 

3.   In vs. 6-7 Stephen lays great emphasis on Avram’s sojourn as a foreigners, how is this affine to what Hebrews says about the sojourning of “all believers”?

 

4.   Stephen mentions Joseph’s brother’s jealousy towards him, how does this foreshadow Yeshua and the Apostles, (give citations), and what is the problem with Stephen’s number of Jacob’s relatives when went down to Egypt?

 

5.   Why does Stephen mention the burial place of Abraham, what is the significance of that place, and who is buried there?

6.   What does Stephen mean when he says that Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians?

 

7.   How does Stephen know that Moses was about 40 when he went to visit his brethren Hebrew slaves?

 

8.   How could Stephen say that Moses expected and assumed that the Hebrews understood him to be their deliverer during the episode when he killed the Egyptian?  Where does he get this information?

 

9.   How did Stephen know that it had been 40 years passed when finally God revealed himself to Moses?

10.                  What “book of Prophets” does Stephen quote, what was the point he was making, and how does this quote also resemble what another great Prophet of Israel said about Israel turning to other gods?

 

11.                  Stephen begins to complete his dissertation by wrapping up to his main and central point – what is that point and to whom was it directed to?

 

12.                  How did Stephen actually die, how was his final words similar and in contrast to righteous men in the Bible before him?