Acts 7:45

which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

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which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,

BSB

And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

KJV

Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

ASV

Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

BBE

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

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ἣν hēn which G3739 καὶ kai also G2532 εἰσήγαγον eisēgagon brought [it] G1521 διαδεξάμενοι diadexamenoi having received by succession G1237 οἱ hoi the G3588 πατέρες pateres fathers G3962 ἡμῶν hēmōn of us G3165 μετὰ meta with G3326 Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Joshua G2424 ἐν en in G1722 τῇ tēa the G3588 κατασχέσει kataschesei taking possession G2697 τῶν tōn of the G3588 ἐθνῶν ethnōn nations G1484 ὧν hōn whom G3739 ἐξῶσεν exōsen drove out G1856 ὁ ho (the) G3588 θεὸς theos God G2316 ἀπὸ apo from [the] G575 προσώπου prosōpou face G4383 τῶν tōn of the G3588 πατέρων paterōn fathers G3962 ἡμῶν hēmōn of us G3165 ἕως he'ōs until G2193 τῶν tōn the G3588 ἡμερῶν hēmerōn days G2250 Δαυίδ Dauid of David G1138

The early church

"Which also, our fathers that came after brought in." "As He had appointed, that spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen." Again, it was none other than He (Christ) that gave the fashion itself. "Until the days of David": and there was no temple! And yet the Gentiles also had been driven out: for that is why he mentions this: "Whom God drave out," he says, "before the face of our fathers. Whom He drave out," he says: and even then, no Temple! And so many wonders, and no mention of a Temple! So that, although first there is a Tabernacle, yet nowhere a Temple.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 42–50

Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabernacle gave way to the temple; so it is now, that the earthly temple gives way to the spiritual one; and so it will be when, at last, the spiritual shall give way to the eternal one. The whole world is God's temple, in which he is every where present, and fills it with his glory; what occasion has he then for a temple to manifest himself in? And these things show his eternal power and Godhead. But as heaven is his throne, and the earth his footstool, so none of our services can profit Him who made all things. Next to the human nature of Christ, the broken and spiritual heart is his most valued temple.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.