Acts 7:19 Cross References: The same dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

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He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Cross References

Exodus 1:8
Then a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

Exodus 1:10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

Exodus 1:14
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

Exodus 1:16
"When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live."

Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: "Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live."

Psalm 105:25
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

Chapter Outline

1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:9-22
"Look, " he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. . . .

Psalm 83:4, 5
saying, "Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more." . . .

Psalm 105:25
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

Psalm 129:1-3
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth--let Israel now declare-- . . .

Revelation 12:4, 5
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as He was born. . . .

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