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The Definition of Faith
Commentators overwhelmingly see God's command to Abraham as the ultimate example of faith. He was asked to leave everything familiar for a destination he didn't even know. Scholars explain this is the essence of faith: trusting God's promise and acting in obedience, even when you can't see the full picture. This is the same kind of radical trust God asks of believers today.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 7:3
18th Century
Theologian
And said to him. How long this was said to him before he went is not recorded. Moses simply says that God had commanded him to go ([Refere…
AT Robertson
On Acts 7:3
Which I shall shew thee (ην αν σο δειξω). Indefinite relative clause with αν and the aorist active subjunctive (same form in first…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 7:3
Stephen begins by addressing the council in a somewhat formal yet fraternal manner: “Men, brothers and fathers” (cf. 22:1). Then he launches into h…
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John Calvin
On Acts 7:3
16th Century
Theologian
Come out of your country. God uses many words, so that he might more deeply pierce Abraham's mind, as if it were not a sharp enough thing …
John Gill
On Acts 7:3
17th Century
Pastor
And said unto him
Not the words in (Genesis 12:1) for they were said in Haran, these in Mesopotamia, bef…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 7:1–16
17th Century
Minister
Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God and an apostate from the church; therefore, he shows that he is a son of Abraham and takes pride in this…