1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 sn A quotation from Gen 15:14. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 sn A quotation from Exod 2:14. Even though a negative reply was expected, the question still frightened Moses enough to flee, because he knew his deed had become known. This understanding is based on the Greek text, not the Hebrew of the original setting. Yet the negative here expresses the fact that Moses did not want to kill the other man. Once again the people have badly misunderstood the situation. 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 sn Performing wonders and miraculous signs. Again Moses acted like Jesus. The phrase appears 9 times in Acts (2:19, 22, 43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 14:3; 15:12). 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 sn To worship the hosts of heaven. Their action violated Deut 4:19; 17:2-5. See Ps 106:36-43. 124 125 126 sn A tabernacle was a tent used to house religious objects or a shrine (i.e., a portable sanctuary). 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 sn The tabernacle was the tent used to house the ark of the covenant before the construction of Solomon’s temple. This is where God was believed to reside, yet the people were still unfaithful. 134 135 136 137 138 139 sn Before our ancestors. Stephen has backtracked here to point out how faithful God had been before the constant move to idolatry just noted. 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 sn A quotation from Isa 66:1-2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him? 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 sn Decrees given by angels. According to Jewish traditions in the first century, the law of Moses was mediated through angels. See also the note on “angel” in 7:35. 164 165