Hechos 7:40

40 por lo cual le dijeron a Aarón: “Tienes que hacernos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, porque a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto, ¡no sabemos qué pudo haberle pasado!”^[a]

Hechos 7:40 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:40

Saying unto Aaron, make us gods to go before us
This is a proof of their disobedience to the law of Moses, and of their rejection of him, and of the inclination of their hearts to the idolatry of the Egyptians; which shows the gross stupidity, as well as ingratitude of this people, to think that gods could be made; and that those that are made could go before them, be guides unto them, and protectors of them; when they have eyes, but see not, and hands, but handle not, and feet, but walk not:

for as for this Moses;
whom they speak of with great contempt, and in a very irreverent way:

which brought us out of the land of Egypt;
which they mention not with gratitude, but as reflecting upon him for doing it:

we wot not what is become of him;
they thought he was dead, according to the Targum of Jonathan on ( Exodus 32:1 ) they concluded he was consumed with fire on the mount which flamed with fire. ^F2 The following story is told by the Jews;

``when Moses went up on high, he said to the Israelites, at the end of forty days, at the beginning of the sixth hour I will come; at the end of forty days came Satan, and disturbed the world; he said to them, where is Moses your master? they answered him, he is gone up on high: he said to them, the sixth hour is come; they took no notice of him; he is dead (says he); they had no regard to him; he showed them the likeness of his bier; then they said to Aaron, "as for this man Moses"''

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 89. 1. Vid. Jarchi & Baal Hatturim in Exod. xxxii. 1.

Hechos 7:40 In-Context

38 Este mismo Moisés estuvo en la asamblea en el desierto, con el ángel que le habló en el monte Sinaí, y con nuestros antepasados. Fue también él quien recibió palabras de vida para comunicárnoslas a nosotros.

39 »Nuestros antepasados no quisieron obedecerlo a él, sino que lo rechazaron. Lo que realmente deseaban era volver a Egipto,

40 por lo cual le dijeron a Aarón: “Tienes que hacernos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros, porque a ese Moisés que nos sacó de Egipto, ¡no sabemos qué pudo haberle pasado!”

41 »Entonces se hicieron un ídolo en forma de becerro. Le ofrecieron sacrificios y tuvieron fiesta en honor de la obra de sus manos.

42 Pero Dios les volvió la espalda y los entregó a que rindieran culto a los astros. Así está escrito en el libro de los profetas:»“Casa de Israel, ¿acaso me ofrecieron ustedes sacrificios y ofrendasdurante los cuarenta años en el desierto?

Footnotes

• [a] Éx 32:1