Verse 56
Acts 7:56
World English Bible
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and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God (Elohim)!”
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ⸀διηνοιγμένους καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ θεοῦ.
English Translation
And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.
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Chapter 7 Context
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The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
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He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God (Elohim) of glory appeared to our father Abraham, wh...
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and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will s...
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Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was...
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He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would g...
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God (Elohim) spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that...
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‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God (Elohim), ‘and after that will...
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He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him...
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“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God (Elohim) was with him,...
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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of...
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Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no...
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But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
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On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh....
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Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
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Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
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and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silve...
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“But as the time of the promise came close which God (Elohim) had sworn to Abraham, the people grew...
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until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.
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The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their...
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At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his fath...
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When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
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Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
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But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israe...
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Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Eg...
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He supposed that his brothers understood that God (Elohim), by his hand, was giving them deliverance...
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“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying,...
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But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us...
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Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
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Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father o...
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“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Si...
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When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to hi...
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‘I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, the God (Elohim) of Isaac, and...
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The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
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I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I ha...
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“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God (Elohim) has sent hi...
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This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderne...
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This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God (Elohim) will raise up a p...
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This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai...
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to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt...
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saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the...
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They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of th...
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But God (Elohim) turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book...
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You took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
the star of your god Rephan,
the figures which you made to wor...
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“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses co...
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which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession...
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who found favor in the sight of God (Elohim), and asked to find a habitation for the God (Elohim) of...
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But Solomon built him a house.
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However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
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‘heaven is my throne,
and the earth a footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build me?’...
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Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
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“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fa...
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Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of th...
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You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
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Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their tee...
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But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God (...
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and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God (E...
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But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
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They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a...
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They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Yashua (Jesus), receive my spirit!”
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He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had...
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