NT Text: Acts 7:2
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Redemptive-Historical Progression
Significance: Stephen's opening address — "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham" (ho theos tēs doxēs ōphthē tō patri hēmōn Abraam) — employs the distinctive epithet "God of glory" (ho theos tēs doxēs) found in the LXX of Ps 29:3: "The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders" (ho theos tēs doxēs ebronte). Psalm 29 celebrates Yahweh's theophanic voice-storm, and the title "God of glory" designates the One who appears in awe-inspiring divine manifestation. Stephen's use of this title at the opening of his historical survey connects Abraham's visionary encounter with the same glory-theophany that Ps 29 celebrates — establishing from the start that Israel's history is a story of divine appearances in glory that culminate in the glory-presence Stephen himself sees in Acts 7:55 ("full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God").