Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things true?”
THEN said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 Stephen said, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran;
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 Charran,
3 he said to him, 'Leave your land and your relatives, and go into the land that I will show you.'
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 Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran; from there, after his father died, God brought him into this land, where you live now.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 He gave none of it as an inheritance to him, no, not even enough to set a foot on. But he promised—even though Abraham had no child yet—that he would give the land as a possession to him and to his descendants after 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 God was speaking to him like this, that his descendants would live for a while in a foreign land, and that the inhabitants there would bring them into slavery and treat them badly for 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 'But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship 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 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of 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 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who had made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
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 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great suffering, and our fathers could find no food.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first trip.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 On their second trip Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Joseph sent his brothers back to tell Jacob his father to come to Egypt, along with all his relatives, seventy-five persons in all.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 They were carried over to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17 As the time of the promise approached, the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people grew 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 there arose another king over Egypt, a king who did not know about Joseph.
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 He deceived our people and forced our fathers to expose their newborn infants so they would not be kept alive.
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 At that time Moses was born; he was very beautiful before God and was nourished for three months in his father's house.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he 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 But when he was about forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, 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 Seeing an Israelite being mistreated, Moses defended him and avenged him who was oppressed by striking the Egyptian:
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 he thought that his brothers would understand that God by his hand was rescuing them, but they did not understand.
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 On the next day he came to some Israelites as they were quarreling; he tried to put them at peace with each other; he said, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting 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 But the one who had wronged his neighbor pushed him away, and said, 'Who made you a ruler 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 Would you like to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Moses ran away after hearing this; he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 When forty years were past, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw the fire, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look at it, there came a voice of the Lord, saying,
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 your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
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 The Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing 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 I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them; now come, I will send you to 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 This Moses whom they rejected, when they said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—he was the one whom God sent as both a ruler and deliverer. God sent him by the hand of the angel who appeared to Moses in the 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 Moses led them out of Egypt, after doing miracles and signs in Egypt and at the Sea of Reeds, and in the wilderness during 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 It is the same Moses who said to the people of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, a prophet like 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 This is the man who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. This is the man who was with our fathers; this is the man who received living words to give to us.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 This is the man whom our fathers refused to obey; they pushed him away from themselves, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 At that time they said to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will lead us. As for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has 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 So they made a calf in those days and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced because of the work of their 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 But God turned and gave them up to worship the stars in the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, 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 You accepted the tabernacle of Molech and the star of the god Rephan, and the images that you made to worship them: and I will carry you away 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 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as God commanded when he spoke to Moses, that he should make it like the pattern that 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 Later, our fathers, under Joshua, received the tabernacle and brought it with them when they took possession of the land. God took the land from the nations and drove them out before the face of our fathers. The tabernacle remained in the land until the time of David,
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;
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and he asked if he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But it was Solomon who built the house for God.
But Solomon built him an house.
48 However, the Most High does not live in houses made 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 the earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place for 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 Did my hand not make all these things?'
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 You people who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; you act just as your fathers acted.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the prophets who appeared in advance of the coming of the Righteous One; and you have now become the betrayers and murderers of him also,
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 you people who received the law that angels had established, but you did not keep it.”
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 Now when the council members heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they ground their teeth at Stephen.
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 Spirit, looked up intently into heaven and saw the glory of God; and he saw Jesus standing at 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 Stephen said, “Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at 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 At this the council members covered their ears, and shouting out with a loud voice, altogether they rushed at him.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 They dragged him out of the city where they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid down their outer clothing at the feet of a young man named 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 As they were stoning Stephen, he was calling out to the Lord and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 He knelt down and called out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said 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.
