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Selected Verse: Acts 7:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] the patriarchs [3966], moved with envy [2206], sold [591] Joseph [2501] into [1519] Egypt [125]: but [2532] God [2316] was [2258] with [3326] him [846], |
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King James |
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him--Here Stephen gives his first example of Israel's opposition to God's purposes, in spite of which and by means of which those purposes were accomplished. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Moved with envy - That is, dissatisfied with the favor which their father Jacob showed Joseph, and envious at the dreams which indicated that he was to be raised to remarkable honor above his parents and brethren, Gen 37:3-11.
Sold Joseph into Egypt - Sold him, that he might be taken to Egypt. This was done at the suggestion of "Judah," who advised it that Joseph might not be put to death by his brethren, Gen 37:28. It is possible that Stephen, by this fact, might have designed to prepare the way for a severe rebuke of the Jews for having dealt in a similar manner with their Messiah.
But God was with him - God protected him, and overruled all these wicked doings, so that he was raised to extraordinary honors. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
God
Jehovah. (Gen 39:2). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Moved with envy (ζηλώσαντες)
Compare Jam 4:1; and see on envying, Jam 3:14. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| But God was with him - Though he was not in this land. Gen 37:28. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And the patriarchs - The twelve sons of Jacob, thus called because each was chief or head of his respective family or tribe.
Moved with envy - Ζηλωσαντες. We translate ζηλος variously: zeal or fervent affection, whether its object be good or bad, is its general meaning; and ζηλοω signifies to be indignant, envious, etc. See the note on Act 5:17. The brethren of Joseph, hearing of his dreams, and understanding them to portend his future advancement, filled with envy, (with which no ordinary portion of malice was associated), sold Joseph into the land of Egypt, hoping by this means to prevent his future grandeur; but God, from whom the portents came, was with him, and made their envy the direct means of accomplishing the great design. |
28 Then there passed [05674] by Midianites [04084] merchantmen [0582] [05503]; and they drew [04900] and lifted up [05927] Joseph [03130] out of the pit [0953], and sold [04376] Joseph [03130] to the Ishmeelites [03459] for twenty [06242] pieces of silver [03701]: and they brought [0935] Joseph [03130] into Egypt [04714].
3 Now Israel [03478] loved [0157] Joseph [03130] more than all his children [01121], because he was the son [01121] of his old age [02208]: and he made [06213] him a coat [03801] of many colours [06446].
4 And when his brethren [0251] saw [07200] that their father [01] loved [0157] him more than all his brethren [0251], they hated [08130] him, and could [03201] not speak [01696] peaceably [07965] unto him.
5 And Joseph [03130] dreamed [02492] a dream [02472], and he told [05046] it his brethren [0251]: and they hated [08130] him yet the more [03254].
6 And he said [0559] unto them, Hear [08085], I pray you, this dream [02472] which I have dreamed [02492]:
7 For, behold, we were binding [0481] [08432] sheaves [0485] in the field [07704], and, lo, my sheaf [0485] arose [06965], and also stood upright [05324]; and, behold, your sheaves [0485] stood round about [05437], and made obeisance [07812] to my sheaf [0485].
8 And his brethren [0251] said [0559] to him, Shalt thou indeed [04427] reign [04427] over us? or shalt thou indeed [04910] have dominion [04910] over us? And they hated [08130] him yet the more [03254] for his dreams [02472], and for his words [01697].
9 And he dreamed [02492] yet another [0312] dream [02472], and told [05608] it his brethren [0251], and said [0559], Behold, I have dreamed [02492] a dream [02472] more; and, behold, the sun [08121] and the moon [03394] and the eleven [06240] [0259] stars [03556] made obeisance [07812] to me.
10 And he told [05608] it to his father [01], and to his brethren [0251]: and his father [01] rebuked [01605] him, and said [0559] unto him, What is this dream [02472] that thou hast dreamed [02492]? Shall I and thy mother [0517] and thy brethren [0251] indeed [0935] come [0935] to bow down [07812] ourselves to thee to the earth [0776]?
11 And his brethren [0251] envied [07065] him; but his father [01] observed [08104] the saying [01697].
2 And the LORD [03068] was with Joseph [03130], and he was a prosperous [06743] man [0376]; and he was in the house [01004] of his master [0113] the Egyptian [04713].
14 But [1161] if [1487] ye have [2192] bitter [4089] envying [2205] and [2532] strife [2052] in [1722] your [5216] hearts [2588], glory [2620] not [3361], and [2532] lie not [5574] against [2596] the truth [225].
1 From whence [4159] come wars [4171] and [2532] fightings [3163] among [1722] you [5213]? come they not [3756] hence [1782], even of [1537] your [5216] lusts [2237] that war [4754] in [1722] your [5216] members [3196]?
28 Then there passed [05674] by Midianites [04084] merchantmen [0582] [05503]; and they drew [04900] and lifted up [05927] Joseph [03130] out of the pit [0953], and sold [04376] Joseph [03130] to the Ishmeelites [03459] for twenty [06242] pieces of silver [03701]: and they brought [0935] Joseph [03130] into Egypt [04714].
17 Then [1161] the high priest [749] rose up [450], and [2532] all they [3956] that were with [4862] him [846], (which [3588] is [5607] the sect [139] of the Sadducees [4523],) and were filled [4130] with indignation [2205],