A common misinterpretation confuses 'Jesus' in the passage with Jesus Christ rather than Joshua the son of Nun, leading to erroneous claims that this verse prophesies Christ's role in conquering Gentiles; others wrongly view it as diminishing the tabernacle's significance or promoting temple rejection, ignoring Stephen's point about historical faithfulness amid God's ongoing presence, or distort it to support supersessionism by detaching it from its narrative context of Israel's covenant journey.
Acts 7:45
King James Version (1769)
45 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;
In Stephen's speech before the Sanhedrin, Acts 7:45 highlights the continuity of God's presence with Israel through the tabernacle, which their ancestors carried into the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership after God drove out the Gentile nations, enduring until David's era when he sought a more permanent dwelling place for it, underscoring that God's favor rested not on a fixed structure but on faithful obedience across generations.