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Acts 7:39 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Acts 7:39 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 7 verse 39 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“To whom our fathers would not obey , but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”
Acts 7:39 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 7:39
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt. Stephen exposes Israel's fundamental rebellion—outward physical deliverance accompanied by inward spiritual resistance.The double refusal—would not obey and thrust him from them—shows both passive and active rejection. Disobedience begins internally (would not) and manifests externally (thrust him). This pattern reflects human depravity: even witnessing God's power doesn't guarantee submission to His authority.The phrase in their hearts identifies the root problem. Reformed theology ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 7:39
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“to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?”
“which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers”
“and didn't listen to your commandments”
“to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them”
“We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
“so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;”
“that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh”
“and said”
“they drove out Jephthah”