Hechos 7:45

45 El cual recibido, lo introdujeron también nuestros padres con Jesús {Josué en Heb.} en la posesión de los gentiles, que Dios echó de la presencia de nuestros padres, hasta los días de David

Hechos 7:45 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:45

Which also our fathers that came after
Who came after those that died in the wilderness, and never saw nor entered into the land of Canaan; the children of that generation whose carcasses fell in the wilderness, who sprung from them, came up in their room, and succeeded them:

brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles;
that is, they having received the tabernacle from their fathers, brought it into the land of Canaan, which was possessed by the Gentiles, when they entered into it with Joshua their leader, and captain, at the head of them; who is here called Jesus, as he is in ( Hebrews 4:8 ) for Joshua and Jesus are the same name, and signify a saviour; for such an one Joshua was to the people of Israel; and was an eminent type of Jesus Christ, the captain of our salvation, in his bringing many sons to glory:

whom God drove out before the face of our fathers;
the Gentiles, who before possessed the land of Canaan, were drove out by God before the Israelites, to make way for their settlement there; for to whom can the success of those victories over the Canaanites be ascribed, which the Israelites under Joshua obtained, but to God? The language on the "Tingitane", or Hercules's pillars, said to be set up by some of these Canaanites, agrees with this, on which they inscribed these words;

``we are they who fled from the face of Joshua the robber, the son of Nave,''

or Nun:

unto the days of David;
this clause must not be read in connection with the words immediately preceding, as if the sense was, that the inhabitants of Canaan were drove out of their land unto the times of David, and then returned and resettled, as in the Ethiopic version; but with the beginning of the verse, and the meaning is, that the tabernacle which the Israelites received from their fathers, and brought into the land of Canaan with them, was there unto the times of David.

Hechos 7:45 In-Context

43 Antes, trajisteis el tabernáculo de Moloc, y la estrella de vuestro dios Renfán; figuras que os hicisteis para adorarlas. Os transportaré pues, más allá de Babilonia

44 Tuvieron nuestros padres el tabernáculo del testimonio en el desierto, como les ordenó Dios, hablando a Moisés que lo hiciera según la forma que había visto

45 El cual recibido, lo introdujeron también nuestros padres con Jesús {Josué en Heb.} en la posesión de los gentiles, que Dios echó de la presencia de nuestros padres, hasta los días de David

46 el cual halló gracia delante de Dios, y pidió proveer tabernáculo para el Dios de Jacob

47 Mas Salomón le edificó casa