Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 7]
in verse 24 of the wrong done one of the Hebrews by the
Egyptian, but here both are "brethren."
7:27 {Thrust him away} (\ap•sato auton\). First aorist middle
indicative (_Koin•_ for Attic \ape•sato\) of \ap•the•\, to push
away from oneself in middle voice as here, common in old Greek.
Again in verse 39; 13:46; Ro 11:1; 1Ti 1:19. It is always the
man who is doing the wrong who is hard to reconcile.
7:28 {Wouldest thou kill me?} (\m• anelein me su theleis\).
Expecting the answer no, but a thrust direct at Moses, Do you
wish to kill me (note \me su\ right together, {me thou}). See Ex
2:14 quoted by Stephen.
7:29 {Sojourner} (\paroikos\). Temporary dweller (cf. Abraham in
verse 6) in Midian though for forty years.
7:30 Sentence begins with genitive absolute again. {In a flame of
fire in a bush} (\en phlogi puros batou\). Horeb in Ex 3:1; but
Sinai and Horeb were "probably peaks of one mountain range"
(Page), Horeb "the mountain of the dried-up ground," Sinai "the
mountain of the thorns." Literally, "in the flame of fire of a
bush" (two genitives, \puros\ and \batou\ dependent on \phlogi\,
flame). Descriptive genitives as in 9:15; 2Th 1:8. \Batos\
(bush) is the wild acacia (_mimosa nilotica_). In Ex 3:20 it is
Jehovah who speaks. Hence "angel" here with Stephen is understood
to be the Angel of the Presence, the Eternal Logos of the Father,
the Angel of Jehovah.
7:31 {The sight} (\to horama\). Used of visions in the N.T. as in
Mt 17:9. {As he drew near} (\proserchomenou autou\). Genitive
absolute with present middle participle of \proserchomai\. {A
voice of the Lord} (\ph•n• kuriou\). Here the angel of Jehovah of
verse 30 is termed Jehovah himself. Jesus makes powerful use of
these words in his reply to the Sadducees in defence of the
doctrine of the resurrection and the future life (Mr 12:26; Mt
22:32; Lu 20:37f.) that God here describes himself as the God of
the living. {Trembled} (\entromos genomenos\). Literally,
becoming tremulous or terrified. The adjective \entromos\ (\en,
tromos\ from \trem•\, to tremble, to quake) occurs in Plutarch
and the LXX. In the N.T. only here and Ac 16:29. {Durst not}
(\ouk etolma\). Imperfect active, was not daring, negative
conative imperfect.
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