Acts 7:2

“And he said, etc.] Stephen replied, in answer to the high priest’s question, and addressed himself to the whole sanhedrim, saying: men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; to the following oration and defence; he calls them men, brethren, by an usual Hebraism, that is, “brethren”; and that, because they were of the same nation; for it was common with the Jews to call those of their own country and religion, brethren; and he calls them “fathers”, because of their age and dignity, being the great council of the nation, and chosen out of the senior and wiser part of the people: the God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham; he calls God “the God of glory”, because he is glorious in himself, in…”

“Men, brethren, and fathers - These were the usual titles by which the Sanhedrin was addressed. In all this Stephen was perfectly respectful, and showed that he was disposed to render due honor to the institutions of the nation. The God of glory - This is a Hebrew form of expression denoting “the glorious God.” It properly denotes His “majesty, or splendor, or magnificence”; and the word “glory” is often applied to the splendid appearances in which God has manifested Himself to people, Deuteronomy 5:24; Exodus 33:18; Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10; Leviticus 9:23; Numbers 14:10. Perhaps Stephen meant to affirm that God appeared to Abraham in some such glorious or splendid manifestation, by which…”

“And he said - St. Stephen had been accused of blasphemy against Moses, and even against God; and of speaking against the temple and the law, threatening that Jesus would destroy the one, and change the other. In answer to this accusation, rehearsing as it were the articles of his historical creed, he speaks of God with high reverence, and a grateful sense of a long series of Acts of goodness to the Israelites, and of Moses with great respect, on account of his important and honourable employments under God: of the temple with regard, as being built to the honour of God; yet not with such superstition as the Jews; putting them in mind, that no temple could comprehend God. And he was going on,…”

“Men: Act 22:1, Act 23:7 The God: Psa 24:7, Psa 24:10, Psa 29:3; Isa 6:3; Mat 6:13; Luk 2:14; Joh 1:14, Joh 12:41; Co2 4:4-6; Tit 2:13 \*Gr: Heb 1:3; Rev 4:11, Rev 5:12, Rev 5:13 appeared: Gen 12:1; Neh 9:7; Isa 51:2 when: Jos 24:2 Charran: Gen 11:31, Gen 12:5, Gen 29:4, Haran Acts 7:3”