Exo 3:6, Isa 41:8, 14, 44:1-2, Rom 9:4-29 | TSK | STEP | I am. thy father.Though the word {avicha,} "thy father," is here used in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage (Ac. 7:32), uses the plural, [Lo Theos ton patron sou,] "the God of thy fathers;" and that this is the meaning, the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and Coptic. hid.

Exodus 3:6

I am.

14,15; 4:5; 29:45; Ge 12:1,7; 17:7,8; 26:24; 28:13; 31:42; 32:9

1Ki 18:36; Es 3:4; Ps 132:2; Jer 24:7; 31:33; 32:38; Eze 11:20

Zec 8:8; Mt 22:32; Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37; Ac 7:32,32

thy father.Though the word {avicha,} "thy father," is here used in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage (Ac. 7:32), uses the plural, [Lo Theos ton patron sou,] "the God of thy fathers;" and that this is the meaning, the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and Coptic.

hid.

Ge 17:3; Jud 13:22; 1Ki 19:13; Ne 9:9; Job 42:5,6; Ps 106:44,45

Isa 6:1-5; Da 10:7,8; Mt 17:6; Lu 5:8; Ac 7:34; Heb 12:21; Re 1:17

Isaiah 41:8

thou.

43:1; 44:1,2,21; 48:12; 49:3; Ex 19:5,6; Le 25:42; De 7:6-8; 10:15

De 14:2; Ps 33:12; 105:6,42-45; 135:4; Jer 33:24

the seed.

Mt 3:9; Joh 8:33-44; Ro 4:12,13; 9:4-8; Ga 3:19; 4:22-31

my friend.

2Ch 20:7; Joh 15:14,15; Jas 2:23

Isaiah 41:14

thou worm.

Job 25:6; Ps 22:6

men. or, few men.

De 7:7; Mt 7:14; Lu 12:32; Ro 9:27

saith.

43:14; 44:6,24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7,26; 54:5,8; 59:20; 60:16; 63:16

Job 19:25; Ps 19:14; Jer 50:34; Ga 3:13; Tit 2:14; Re 5:9

Isaiah 44:1-2

1 God comforts the church with his promises.

7 The vanity of idols,

9 and folly of idol makers.

21 He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotency.

now.

42:23; 48:16-18; 55:3; Ps 81:11-13; Jer 4:7; Lu 13:34; Heb 3:7,8

O Jacob.

41:8; 43:1; Ge 17:7; De 7:6-8; Ps 105:6,42,43; Jer 30:10; 46:27,28

Ro 11:5,6

that made.

21; 43:1,7,21

formed.

24; 46:3,4; 49:1; Ps 46:5; 71:6; Jer 1:5; Eze 16:4-8; 20:5-12

Heb 4:16

Fear.

41:10,14; 43:1; Lu 12:32; Ro 8:30; Eph 1:4; 1Th 1:4

Jesurun.

De 32:15; 33:5

Jeshurun.

Romans 9:4-29

are Israelites.

6; Ge 32:28; Ex 19:3-6; De 7:6; Ps 73:1; Isa 41:8; 46:3; Joh 1:47

the adoption.

Ex 4:22; De 14:1; Jer 31:9,20; Ho 11:1

and the glory.

Nu 7:89; 1Sa 4:21,22; 1Ki 8:11; Ps 63:2; 78:61; 90:16; Isa 60:19

covenants. or, testaments.

Ge 15:18; 17:2,7,10; Ex 24:7,8; 34:27; De 29:1; 31:16; Ne 13:29

Ps 89:3,34; Jer 31:33; 33:20-25; Ac 3:25; Heb 8:6-10

the giving.

3:2; Ne 9:13,14; Ps 147:19; Eze 20:11,12; Joh 1:17

the service.

Ex 12:25; Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33; Heb 9:3,10

promises.

Lu 1:54,55,69-75; Ac 2:39; 3:25,26; 13:32,33; Eph 2:12; Heb 6:13-17

are the fathers.

11:28; De 10:15

of whom.

1:3; Ge 12:3; 49:10; Isa 7:14; 11:1; Mt 1:1-17; Lu 3:23-38; 2Ti 2:8

Re 22:16

who is.

10:12; Ps 45:6; 103:19; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; Mic 5:2; Joh 1:1-3

Joh 10:30; Ac 20:28; Php 2:6-11; Col 1:16; 1Ti 3:16; Heb 1:8-13

1Jo 5:20

blessed.

1:25; Ps 72:19; 2Co 11:31; 1Ti 6:15

Amen.

De 27:15-26; 1Ki 1:36; 1Ch 16:36; Ps 41:13; 89:52; 106:48; Jer 28:6

Mt 6:13; 28:20; 1Co 14:16; Re 1:18; 5:14; 22:20

as though.

3:3; 11:1,2; Nu 23:19; Isa 55:11; Mt 24:35; Joh 10:35; 2Ti 2:13

Heb 6:17,18

they are not.

2:28,29; 4:12-16; Joh 1:47; Ga 6:16

because.

Lu 3:8; 16:24,25,30; Joh 8:37-39; Php 3:3

In Isaac.

Ge 21:12; Heb 11:18

They which.

4:11-16; Ga 4:22-31

are counted.

Ge 31:15; Ps 22:30; 87:6; Joh 1:13; Ga 3:26-29; 4:28; 1Jo 3:1,2

At this time.

Ge 17:21; 18:10,14; 21:2

Sarah.

Heb 11:11,12,17

not only.

5:3,11; Lu 16:26

but when.

Ge 25:21-23

Rebekah.

the children.

4:17; Ps 51:5; Eph 2:3

that the.

8:28-30; Isa 14:24,26,27; 23:9; 46:10,11; Jer 51:29; Eph 1:9-11

Eph 3:11; 2Ti 1:9

according.

11:5,7; Eph 1:4,5; 1Th 1:4; 2Pe 1:10

not of works.

11:6; Eph 2:9; Tit 3:5

but of.

8:28; 1Th 2:12; 2Th 2:13,14; 1Pe 5:10; Re 17:14

The elder. or, The greater.

Ge 25:22,23; 2Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:47

younger. or, lesser.

Jacob.

Mal 1:2,3

hated.

Ge 29:31,33; De 21:15; Pr 13:24; Mt 10:37; Lu 14:26; Joh 12:25

shall.

3:1,5

Is there unrighteousness.

2:5; 3:5,6; Ge 18:25; De 32:4; 2Ch 19:7; Job 8:3; 34:10-12,18,19

Job 35:2; Ps 92:15; 145:17; Jer 12:1; Re 15:3,4; 16:7

I will have.

16,18,19; Ex 33:19; 34:6,7; Isa 27:11; Mic 7:18

11; Ge 27:1-4,9-14; Ps 110:3; Isa 65:1; Mt 11:25,26; Lu 10:21

Joh 1:12,13; 3:8; 1Co 1:26-31; Eph 2:4,5; Php 2:13; 2Th 2:13,14

Tit 3:3-5; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 2:9,10

For.

11:4; Ga 3:8,22; 4:30

Even.

Ex 9:16

I raised.

1Sa 2:7,8; Es 4:14; Isa 10:5,6; 45:1-3; Jer 27:6,7; Da 4:22

Da 5:18-21

that.

Ex 10:1,2; 14:17,18; 15:14,15; 18:10,11; Jos 2:9,10; 9:9; 1Sa 4:8

Ps 83:17,18; Pr 16:4; Isa 37:20

that my.

Joh 17:26

hath.

15,16; 5:20,21; Eph 1:6

will he.

1:24-28; 11:7,8; Ex 4:21; 7:13; De 2:30; Jos 11:20; Isa 63:17

Mt 13:14,15; Ac 28:26-28; 2Th 2:10-12

Thou.

3:8; 1Co 15:12,35; Jas 1:13

Why doth.

3:5-7; Ge 50:20; 2Ch 20:6; Job 9:12-15,19; 23:13,14; Ps 76:10

Isa 10:6,7; 46:10,11; Da 4:35; Mr 14:21; Ac 2:23; 4:27,28

O man.

2:1; Mic 6:8; 1Co 7:16; Jas 2:20

who art.

Job 33:13; 36:23; 38:2,3; 40:2,5,8; 42:2-6; Mt 20:15

repliest. or, answerest again.

Job 16:3; Tit 2:9

or, disputes with God?

1Co 1:20; 1Ti 6:5

Shall.

Isa 29:16; 45:9-11

the potter.

11,18; Pr 16:4; Isa 64:8; Jer 18:3-6

one vessel.

22,23; Jer 22:28; Ho 8:8; Ac 9:15; 2Ti 2:20,21

willing.

17; 1:18; 2:4,5; Ex 9:16; Ps 90:11; Pr 16:4; Re 6:16,17

endured.

Nu 14:11,18; Ps 50:21,22; Ec 8:11,12; La 3:22; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:3,9

2Pe 3:8,9,15; Jude 1:4; Re 6:9-11

the vessels.The Apostle, by employing the appellation of the vessels of wrath, carries on the similitude of the potter, by which he had illustrated the sovereignty of God.

21; 1Th 5:9; 2Ti 2:20

fitted. or, made up.

Ge 15:16; Mt 23:31-33; 1Th 2:16; 1Pe 2:8; Jude 1:4

might.

2:4; 5:20,21; Eph 1:6-8,18; 2:4,7,10; 3:8,16; Col 1:27; 2Th 1:10-12

he had afore.

1Ch 29:18; Lu 1:17; Eph 2:3-5; Col 1:12; 1Th 5:9; 2Th 2:13,14

2Ti 2:21; Tit 3:3-7; 1Pe 1:2-5

whom.

8:28-30; 1Co 1:9; Heb 3:1; 1Pe 5:10; Re 19:9

not of the Jews.

3:29,30; 4:11,12; 10:12; 11:11-13; 15:8-16; Ge 49:10; Ps 22:27