“Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.”
'But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?'' - Stephen quotes Amos 5:25, a prophecy of judgment. God 'turned away' (apestrephen) and 'gave them over' (apedōken) to worship 'the heavenly bodies' (sēmeia tou ouranou, the hosts of heaven). Exodus 32:4 becomes the pattern for Israel's consistent rejection of the true God. The Amos quotation introduces the temple into the argument.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:29
As you did the Egyptian yesterday! Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons. Acts 7:29 But neither did flight extinguish the plan of Providence, as neither did death (i.e. the death of Christ).
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