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The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(7:51–53) Stephen indicts Israel for repeating the ancestors’ opposition to God’s Holy Spirit: the Israelites’ ancestors killed the prophets, including those who prophesied about Jesus, whom Israel murdered. They refused to keep the Torah they received (7:53). 7:51 This verse follows Stephen’s assertion that God does not live in human-made houses (7:44–59): Stephen explicitly accuses the Israelites of being like their ancestors in their opposition to God’s Spirit; they
Acts 7:51–53
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