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I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.`
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God's Presence Isn't Confined
Stephen quotes God's words to Moses in the wilderness to make a powerful point: God's presence makes a place holy, not the other way around. Commentators explain that by highlighting God's dramatic intervention in Egypt and Midian, Stephen challenged the idea that God's work was confined to the Temple or the 'Holy Land.' God sees, hears, and acts on behalf of His people wherever they are.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have seen, etc. The repetition of this word is consistent with the usage of Hebrew writers when they want to represent something emphati…
I have surely seen (ιδων ειδον). Imitation of the Hebrew infinitive absolute, (Exodus 3:7) "Seeing I saw" (cf.[Referen…
19th Century
Anglican
Then said the Lord to him ... — The words are almost a verbal reproduction of Exodus 3:5; Exodus 3:7–8. The ci…
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Baptist
And now come, I will send you into Egypt.
Oh, dear! What a falling-off there seems to be in these words!
God first says,
Still on the subject of “the land,” Stephen recounts the life of Moses. Incorporated into this section, largely by way of anticipation, is a Mosesr…
16th Century
Protestant
In seeing I have seen. God promises now that He will deliver His people, so that He may appoint Moses to be His minister anew, because the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have seen, I have see the affliction of my people , &c] The repetition of the phrase denotes the certainty of it, …
People deceive themselves if they think God cannot do what He sees to be good anywhere; He can bring His people into a wilderness and there speak c…
