Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him—Here Stephen gives his first example of Israel's opposition to God's purposes, in spite of which and by means of which those purposes were accomplished.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 7:16:
Genesis 34:6
Exodus 13:19
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