Acts 7:43

Footnotes

1. 126 Or “tent.” A tabernacle was a tent used to house religious objects or a shrine (i.e., a portable sanctuary).
2. 127 Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun.
3. 128 Most , including several important ones (𝔓74 א A C E Ψ 33 1739 𝔐 h p vg syh mae bo Cyr), have ὑμῶν (humōn, “your”) here, in conformity with the of Amos 5:26. But other significant and diverse witnesses lack the pronoun: The lack of ὑμῶν in B D 36 453 gig syp sa Irlat Or is difficult to explain if it is not the original wording here. has the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.
4. 129 Rephan (Ῥαιφάν, Rhaiphan) was a pagan deity. The term was a name for Saturn. It was variously spelled in the ( has Rompha as an alternate spelling). The references cover a range of deities and a history of unfaithfulness.
5. 130 Or “I will make you move.”
6. 131 A quotation from Amos 5:25–27. This constituted a prediction of the exile.