Acts chapter 7

vs 11-12

God made it very attractive indeed for his people to enter Egypt. He baited them with food!

vs 13

That's a very short summary of what happened, but Stephen is flying through this whole thing. Why he's doing it, we will have to wait and see. At the moment, it just seems like a history lesson.

vs 14-15

If they had stayed in Egypt to weather out the famine, it would have been ok. But they stayed longer, because they liked it there. They were well treated by the Pharoah.

vs 16

The only part of the promised land they so far owned.

vs 17

Ahhh, so now we are looking at a direction - we are looking towards the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham.

vs 18

It would seem that hanging around in Egypt was a wrong decision.

vs 19

A sore point for any people group, that I am sure will never be forgotten.

vs 20

And now we get to Moses - hero of the Torah. Look at the comparison with Luke's gospel - a special person, who is born at a time when many children die, when his people are under oppression. Perhaps that is where Stephen is going? We'll find out!