Acts 7:45 Meaning and Explanation
“Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The next generation brought that tabernacle in with Joshua when God drove out the nations, and it remained until the days of David.
What Does Acts 7:45 Mean?
The name written Jesus here is the Greek form of Joshua; Stephen means Joshua the son of Nun, who carried the tent of witness into the promised land.
For centuries the dwelling of God among his people was a tent, pitched and moved from the conquest to the days of David. The shared name is its own quiet sermon: Joshua and Jesus alike mean the Lord saves, and the rest the first Joshua could not finally give, the greater One gives (Hebrews 4:8-9).
Acts 7:45 in the Original Language
Iesous (Ἰησοῦς), 'Jesus' -- the Greek form of the name Joshua; here Joshua the son of Nun is meant.
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What does Acts 7:45 mean?
The next generation brought that tabernacle in with Joshua when God drove out the nations, and it remained until the days of David.