Acts 7
1 And the high priests said; Are these things so?
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 Come out from thy country and from thy kindred, and come hither into the land which I will show unto thee.
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 And after his father died he migrated himself thence into this country in which you now dwell,
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7 And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, says God, and after these things they shall come out and serve me in this place.
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him into Egypt:
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 And Jacob hearing that there is food in Egypt, sent away our fathers first.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest to Pharaoh.
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.
And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.
17 When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 until another king arose over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 During which time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was kept three months in the house of his father.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
21 And he being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him for a son to herself.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And seeing a certain one suffering affliction, he interposed, and executed vengeance in behalf of the oppressed one, slaying the Egyptian.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 On the following day, he appeared to them fighting, and undertook to reduce them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; therefore do not injure one another.
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27 And the one injuring his neighbor thrust him away, saying, Who appointeth you a leader and a judge over us?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 whether do you wish to kill me, in the manner in which you slew the Egyptian yesterday?
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 And at this word Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midia, where he begat two sons.
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
30 And forty years having passed away, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of fire of the bramble bush.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 And Moses, seeing the sight, was astonished: and he coming nigh to investigate, the voice of the Lord came:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembling, did not dare to investigate.
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 And this Moses whom they denied, saying, Who hath established thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent a ruler and deliverer, with the hand of an angel having appeared unto him in a bush.
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He led them out, doing wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us;
This is he, that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us:
39 to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 And God turned away, and gave them up to serve the host of the heaven; as has been written in the book of the prophets: Slain victims and sacrifices you have not brought unto me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel.
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 And ye took up the shrine of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, images which you made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 And the tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as the one speaking to Moses commanded him to make it according to the example he had seen;
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built a house for him.
But Solomon built him an house.
48 But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand made all of these things?
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and unanimously rushed on him,
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
59 and continued to stone Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And putting down his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not impute this sin to them. And saying this, he fell asleep.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
