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Albert Barnes · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Barnes - National ingratitude and forgetfulness of favours have not been uncommon in the world; and a change of dynasty or succession has often obliterated all memory of former obligations and compacts. God allowed this change of dynasty for a reason. One is reminded once again that the Sovereign God is in control of History, for indeed History is "His Story!" Scripture amply attests to God's rule over His Creation Da 2:20+ Daniel said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him. 21 “It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding. Pr 21:1 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. Acts 7:19 "It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive. (NASB: Lockman) KJV Acts 7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. Ex 1:9-22; Ps 83:4,5; 105:25; 129:1-3; Rev 12:4,5 Acts 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries PHARAOH'S SOLUTION TO "THE JEWISH QUESTION" It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive - As others have tried over the centuries, Pharaoh tried to snuff out the Jewish race using infanticide! We see a parallel in the life of Jesus for "when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi." (Mt 2:16+) Took shrewd advantage (2686) is katasophizomai which means this new king took advantage of the Israelites by cunning, trickery or subtlety. The idea also includes using false arguments. The idea is shrewdly where shrewd means disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices (this reminds us of their father Satan Jn 8:44, Rev 12:9). Gilbrant adds that katasophizomai "is formed by kata and sophizō “to cleverly devise”; hence it means “to deceitfully circumvent or take advantage of.” Katasophizomai appears late in classical Greek (First Century B.C.). It occurs in the Septuagint three times, only one of which is in the canonical portion of Scripture. It is from that occurrence in Exodus 1:10+ that the only New Testament usage gets its meaning (Acts 7:19). In his sermon Stephen described Pharaoh as dealing “craftily” (RSV) or “subtilly” (KJV) and duping the Israelites into cooperating with his program of infanticide (cf. Exodus 1:10+ ). Mistreated (2559)see kakoo So that - Term of purpose. So that they would be cast out. This was the purpose of his evil treatment, like Hitler's "final solution" in Nazi Germany. Barnes suggests that this new Pharaoh "dealt with them in this cruel manner, hoping that the Israelites themselves would destroy their own sons, that they might not grow up to experience the same sufferings as their fathers had. The cunning or subtlety of Pharaoh extended to everything that he did to oppress, to keep under, and to destroy the children of Israel." Vincent on they would expose - Lit., make exposed. The verb ἐκτίθημι, to set out, or place outside, is not uncommon in classical Greek for the exposure of a new-born child. Thus Herodotus, of Cyrus, exposed in infancy: "The herdsman's wife entreated him not to expose (ἐκθεῖναι) the babe" (i., 112).
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Barnes comments - The learning of the Egyptians was confined chiefly to astrology, to the interpretation of dreams, to medicine, to mathematics, and to their sacred science or traditionary doctrines about religion, which were concealed chiefly under their hieroglyphics. Their learning is not unfrequently spoken of in the Scriptures, 1 Kings 4:30; Comp. Isaiah 19:11,12. And their knowledge is equally celebrated in the heathen world. It is known that science was carried from Egypt to Phenicia, and thence to Greece; and not a few of the Grecian philosophers travelled to Egypt in pursuit of knowledge. (Barnes' Notes on the New Testament) A T