Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place—Here the promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:16), and that to Moses (Exodus 3:12), are combined; Stephen's object being merely to give a rapid summary of the leading facts.
four hundred years—using round numbers, as in Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:16 (see on Galatians 3:17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 7:7:
Ezekiel 16:8
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