2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# Connecting Statement:
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Stephen continues his response to the high priest and the council which he began in [Acts 7:2 ](./01.md ).
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# General Information:
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
The quotation from the prophet Amos continues here.
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# You accepted
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
It is implied that they took these idols with them as they traveled in the wilderness. AT: "you carried with you from place to place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# tabernacle of Molech
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
the tent that housed the false god Molech
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# the star of the god Rephan
the star that is identified with the false god Rephan
# the images that you made
They made statues or images of the gods Molech and Rephan in order to worship them.
# I will carry you away beyond Babylon
"I will remove you to places even farther than Babylon." This would be God's act of judgment.