KJV: Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
YLT: 'The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;
Darby: Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;
ASV: Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.
σκηνὴ | tabernacle |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: σκηνή Sense: tent, tabernacle, (made of green boughs, or skins or other materials). |
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τοῦ | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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μαρτυρίου | testimony |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: μαρτύριον Sense: testimony. |
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πατράσιν | fathers |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: προπάτωρ Sense: generator or male ancestor. |
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ἡμῶν | of us |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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ἐρήμῳ | wilderness |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἔρημος Sense: solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited. |
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καθὼς | just as |
Parse: Adverb Root: καθώς Sense: according as. |
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διετάξατο | had commanded |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: διατάσσω Sense: to arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give order. |
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ὁ | the [One] |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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λαλῶν | speaking |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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τῷ | - |
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Μωϋσῇ | to Moses |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: Μωσεύς Sense: the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. |
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ποιῆσαι | to make |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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κατὰ | according to |
Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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τύπον | pattern |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: τυπικῶς Sense: the mark of a stroke or blow, print. |
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ὃν | that |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὅς Sense: who, which, what, that. |
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ἑωράκει | he had seen |
Parse: Verb, Pluperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 7:44
Probably suggested by the mention of “the tabernacle of Moloch” (Acts 7:43). See note on Matthew 17:4 for discussion of skēnē (from skia shadow, root σκηνη ska to cover). This first sanctuary was not the temple, but the tent in the wilderness. “Stephen passes on from the conduct of the Israelites to his other argument that God is not necessarily worshipped in a particular spot” (Page). [source]
According to the type or pattern. σκα Tupos is from κατα τον τυπον tuptō to strike, to smite, and is the print of the blow (John 20:25), then the figure formed by a blow or impression like our type, a model or example. Quoted from Exodus 25:40. Common word in the old Greek. That he had seen (Τυπος hon heōrakei). Past perfect active of τυπτω horaō to see (double reduplication). [source]
Past perfect active of τυπτω horaō to see (double reduplication). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 7:44
The very language in the plural that Mary Magdalene had used (John 20:18) when no one believed her. Except I shall see Negative condition of third class with εαν ean and second aorist active subjunctive and so as to βαλω balō (from βαλλω ballō) “and put.” The print The mark or stamp made by the nails, here the original idea. Various terms as in Acts 7:44; 1 Timothy 4:12. Finally our “type” as in Romans 5:14. Clearly the disciples had told Thomas that they had seen the τυπον tupon of the nails in his hands and the spear in his side. I will not believe Strong refusal with ου μη ou mē (doubtful negative) and first aorist active subjunctive (or future indicative). [source]
So B D, but Aleph A C have τυπους tupous (plural). The singular looks at the church as a whole, the plural as individuals like υμας humās Τυπος Tupos is an old word from τυπτω tuptō to strike, and so the mark of a blow, print as in John 20:25. Then the figure formed by the blow, image as in Acts 7:43. Then the mould or form (Romans 6:17; Acts 23:25). Then an example or pattern as in Acts 7:44, to be imitated as here, Philemon 3:17, etc. It was a great compliment for the church in Thessalonica to be already a model for believers in Macedonia and Achaia. Our word type for printers is this same word with one of its meanings. Note separate article with both Macedonia (τηι Μακεδονιαι tēi Makedoniāi) and Achaia (τηι Αχαιαι tēi Achaiāi) treated as separate provinces as they were. [source]
Present active indicative of λατρευω latreuō for which verb see note on Matthew 4:10. A copy Dative case after λατρευουσιν latreuousin See note on John 13:15 and note on Hebrews 4:11 for this interesting word. Shadow Dative case. Old word for which see note on Matthew 4:16; note on Mark 4:32; and note on Colossians 2:17. See same idea in Hebrews 9:23. For difference between σκια skia and εικων eikōn see Hebrews 10:1. Here “copy and shadow” form a practical hendiadys for “a shadowy outline” (Moffatt). Is warned of God Perfect passive indicative of χρηματιζω chrēmatizō old verb (from χρημα chrēma business) for which see note on Matthew 2:12, note on Matthew 2:22, and note on Luke 2:26. The word “God” is not used, but it is implied as in Acts 10:22; Hebrews 12:25. So in lxx, Josephus, and the papyri. For saith he Argument from God‘s command (Exodus 25:40). See that thou make Common Greek idiom with present active imperative of οραω horaō and the volitive future of ποιεω poieō without ινα hina (asyndeton, Robertson, Grammar, p. 949). The pattern The very word used in Exodus 25:40 and quoted also by Stephen in Acts 7:44. For τυπος tupos see note on John 20:25; note on Romans 6:17, and etc. The tabernacle was to be patterned after the heavenly model. [source]
See Acts 7:44. The tabernacle was called “the Tabernacle of the Testimony” because it contained the ark with the law of God which testifies against sin. See Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:21; Exodus 30:36; Exodus 34:29; Exodus 38:21. Compare Revelation 11:19. [source]