Acts Episodes

Friday, 22 April 2022 And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Acts 7:16 The previous verse noted Jacob going down to Egypt, dying, and then a...

Thursday, 21 April 2022 So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. Acts 7:15 The previous verse noted Joseph’s call for Jacob and his relatives to come down to Egypt. With that said, Stephen continues with, “So Jacob went down ...

Wednesday, 20 April 2022 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. Acts 7:14 The previous verse noted that in the second time meeting between Joseph and his brothers, he was made known to them...

Tuesday, 19 April 2022 And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. Acts 7:13 The previous verse spoke of Jacob hearing of grain in Egypt, and so he sent out his sons (the fathers) in...

Monday, 18 April 2022 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. Acts 7:12 The previous verse noted the famine that came all over the land of Egypt and Canaan leaving no sustenance for the fathers. With tha...

Sunday, 17 April 2022 Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. Acts 7:11 The previous verses referred to Joseph’s being sold off to Egypt, but also God’s care of him while the...

Saturday, 16 April 2022 and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Acts 7:10 The previous verse referred to the patr...

Friday, 15 April 2022 “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him Acts 7:9 Stephen’s speech, detailing the history of the Jewish people, quickly moved from Abraham to Isaac, to Jacob, and then to the twelve...

Thursday, 14 April 2022 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. Acts 7:8 Stephen has just detailed the history ...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ Acts 7:7 The previous verse referred to the dwelling of Israel in a foreign land, b...

Tuesday, 12 April 2022 But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. Acts 7:6 The previous verse spoke of God giving Abraham no inhe...

Monday, 11 April 2022 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. Acts 7:5 The previous verse ref...

Sunday, 10 April 2022 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. Acts 7:4 The previous verses referred to Abraham’s having been ca...

Saturday, 9 April 2022 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ Acts 7:3 The previous verse revealed that God had appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia, even before he dwelt in Hara...

Friday, 8 April 2022 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, Acts 7:2 At the beginning of Chapter 7, as seen in the last verse, the high pri...

Thursday, 7 April 2022 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?” Acts 7:1 Chapter 6 ended with the charge of blasphemy raised against Stephen while he stood confidently before the council. As it noted of him, “his face was like the face o...

Wednesday, 6 April 2022 And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel. Acts 6:15 To get the proper sense of the flow of the words, the verbs must be corrected, and the order of the clauses needs ...

Tuesday, 5 April 2022 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us. Acts 6:14 False witnesses were presented before the council to speak against Stephen. They beg...

Monday, 4 April 2022 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; Acts 6:13 Stephen has been seized and brought to the council. Now that he stands before it, c...

Sunday, 3 April 2022 And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. Acts 6:12 Charges of speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God have been made against Ste...

Saturday, 2 April 2022 Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” Acts 6:11 The words prior to this verse revealed that those of the Synagogue of the Freedmen were not able to resist ...

Friday, 1 April 2022 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. Acts 6:10 The previous verses referred to Stephen. It next referred to some arising from the Synagogue of the Freedmen who disputed with him. With ...

Thursday, 31 March 2022 Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. Acts 6:9 The previous verse referred to the faith and power of Ste...

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Acts 6:8 The previous verse spoke of the multiplication of the number of disciples. It also referred to the fact that many of the priests...