Passage Research
Acts 7 — Sermon Preparation
Stephen delivers a sweeping defense through Israel's history and becomes the first Christian martyr, stoned by the crowd. Below is a research summary for Acts 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 60
- verses
- 1116 / 327
- Greek words / lemmas
- 30
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Acts 7 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Αἴγυπτος | Aígyptos | G125 | 13 | Egypt |
| πατήρ | patḗr | G3962 | 17 | father, parent |
| Μωϋσῆς | Mōseús | G3475 | 9 | Moses |
| γῆ | gē | G1093 | 10 | country, earth, ground, land |
| Ἰακώβ | Iakṓb | G2384 | 7 | also an Israelite:--Jacob |
| Ἰωσήφ | Iōsḗph | G2501 | 5 | Joseph |
| ἔρημος | érēmos | G2048 | 5 | desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness |
How preachers through history handled this text
30 public-domain excerpts on Acts 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 values himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to Abraham advanced toward performance, plainly show that it had a spiritual meaning, and that the land intended was the heavenly. God owned Joseph in his troubles, and was with him by the power of his Spirit, both on his own mind by giving him comfort, and on those he was concerned with, by giving him favour in their eyes. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 7:1–16 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Acts 7:10
- Canaan— Acts 7:11
Need the complete sermon prep report on this passage?
Greek exegesis, historical background, current scholarship, sermon outlines, illustrations — a complete PDF report on Acts 7, delivered within 24 hours.