Act 7:35, 39-43 | Family | STEP | In obscurity and retirement God often prepares men for the discharge of great and momentous public duties; and when the proper time arrives, he so orders events that they cannot, without rebelling against him, refuse to leave their retirement and enter upon the responsibilities and toils of public life.

Acts 7:35

In obscurity and retirement God often prepares men for the discharge of great and momentous public duties; and when the proper time arrives, he so orders events that they cannot, without rebelling against him, refuse to leave their retirement and enter upon the responsibilities and toils of public life.

Acts 7:39-43

Gave them up; Ps 81:12.

It is written; Am 5:25-27.

Have ye offered to me; that is, to me alone. The answer is, No; ye mingled with my worship that of your idols. See note to Am 5:26. Moloch--Remphan; idol gods. Stephen does not quote the exact words of the prophet, but following the Septuagint, gives the sense, as in verses Ac 7:48,49, and in other places.