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People's Commentary (NT)
Acts 7:16
And were carried over into Sychem. Jacob was buried at Hebron in
the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 50:13), but the "fathers" were buried in
Sychem. We are told that Joseph was buried there, and Jewish tradition
always affirmed that his brethren were buried there also (Joshua 24:32).
Jerome, in the fourth century, said that their tombs were still to be
seen. He lived in Palestine.
That Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor. For an
account of this purchase, see Genesis 33:19 Jos 24:32. The difficulty
arises that it was Jacob that made the purchase instead of Abraham.
Some have supposed that Stephen, in the hurry of a rapid speech under
exciting circumstances, by an oversight used the name of Abraham for
Jacob; others have thought that Abraham did make the purchase first and
that it was repeated by Jacob. Neither of these views is probable. Had
Stephen made a lapsus, it would have been corrected by Luke, who wrote
under Paul's supervision (see Introduction), so as to give Stephen's
meaning. It is far more probable that some copyist, by oversight, first
wrote "Abraham" for "Jacob", and that the MSS that have come down to us
were made from that copy. There can hardly be a doubt that a man so
learned in the Scriptures as Stephen, and making an inspired defense,
said "Jacob".
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