(7:37–43) Although God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage through Moses (7:36), Stephen asserts that the Israelites rejected this Moses, who also prophesied about another prophet (7:37–38). The Israelite ancestors rejected Moses’ leadership in the wilderness, complained, and made and worshiped a golden calf (7:39–41). Consequently, God rejected them, as Amos (5:25–27 LXX) prophesied (7:42–43). 7:37 Stephen identifies the Moses whom God chose to deliver Israel from
Acts 7:37–43