Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 7]
aut•i\). Happened to him. "This" (\houtos\) here is a
contemptuous allusion to Moses by the people.
7:41 {They made a calf} (\emoschopoi•san\). First aorist active
indicative of \moschopoie•\, here only in the N.T. and unknown
elsewhere. The LXX (Ex 32:3) has \epoi•se moschon\ from which
phrase the word is evidently made. Aaron made the calf, but so
did the people (Ex 32:35). {The idol} (\t•i eid•l•i\). Stephen
calls it by the right name. The people said it was their way of
worshipping Jehovah! So the Egyptians worshipped the bull Apis at
Memphis as the symbol of Osiris (the sun). They had another
sacred bull Mnevis at Leontopolis. \Eid•lon\ (from \eidos\, form
or figure) is the image or likeness of anything. The heathen
worship the god through the image or idol. {Rejoiced}
(\euphrainonto\). Imperfect, middle, kept on rejoicing (Ex
32:6,18) or making merry.
7:42 {Gave them up} (\pared•ken\). First aorist active indicative
of \paradid•mi\. This same form occurs three times like clods on
a coffin in a grave in Ro 1:24,26,28 where Paul speaks of God
giving the heathen up to their lusts. {To serve the host of
heaven} (\latreuein t•i strati•i tou ouranou\). The verb
\latreu•\ is used of the worship of God (Mt 4:10) as well as of
idols as here (from \latron\, hire, \latris\, hireling, then to
serve). But the worship of the host of heaven (De 17:3; 2Ki
17:16; 21:3; 2Ch 33:3,5; Jer 8:2; 19:13) is Sabaism or worship
of the host (\stratia\) of heaven (sun, moon, and stars) instead
of the Lord of hosts. This star-worship greatly injured the Jews.
{In the book of the prophets} (\en bibl•i t•n proph•t•n\). That
is the twelve minor prophets which the Jews counted as one book
(cf. Ac 13:40). This quotation is from Am 5:25-27. The
greater prophets were Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel. {Slain beasts}
(\sphagia\). Here only in the N.T. (from Am 5:25) \sphag•\,
slaughter, \sphaz•\, to slay.
7:43 {The tabernacle of Moloch} (\t•n sk•n•n tou Moloch\). Or
tent of Moloch which they took up after each halt instead of the
tabernacle of Jehovah. Moloch was the god of the Amorites to whom
children were offered as live sacrifices, an ox-headed image with
arms outstretched in which children were placed and hollow
underneath so that fire could burn underneath. {The star of the
god Rephan} (\to astron tou theou Rompha\). Spelled also Romphan
and Remphan. Supposed to be Coptic for the star Saturn to which
the Egyptians, Arabs, and Phoenicians gave worship. But some
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