Verse 2
Acts 7:2
King James Version
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And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God (Elohim) of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ ἔφη· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, ἀκούσατε· Ὁ θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πρὶν ἢ κατοικῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν Χαρράν,
English Translation
And he said: Men, brothers and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
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And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God (Elohim) of glory appeared unto our father...
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And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I...
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Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his fath...
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And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not
so much as
to set his foot on: yet he promised that...
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And God (Elohim) spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they s...
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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God (Elohim): and after that shal...
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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
Abraham
begat Isaac, and circumcised him the e...
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God (Elohim) was with him,
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And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh...
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Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our father...
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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
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And at the second
time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known un...
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Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to
him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen so...
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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money...
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God (Elohim) had sworn to Abraham, the people grew...
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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
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The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out thei...
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In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three m...
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And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
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And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
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And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of I...
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And seeing one
of them suffer wrong, he defended
him,
and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote...
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For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God (Elohim) by his hand would deliver t...
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And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, s...
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But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over...
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Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
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Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of...
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When Moses saw
it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold
it, the voice of the Lord...
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Saying, I
am the God (Elohim) of thy fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of I...
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Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is hol...
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I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan...
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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God (Elohim) s...
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He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red...
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This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God (Elohi...
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This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount...
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To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust
him from them, and in their hearts turned back again...
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Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for
as for
this Moses, which brought us out of the...
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And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works o...
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Then God (Elohim) turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the bo...
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Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to...
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Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Mose...
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Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Yashua (Jesus) into the possession of the Gen...
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Who found favour before God (Elohim), and desired to find a tabernacle for the God (Elohim) of Jacob...
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But Solomon built him an house.
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
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Heaven
is my throne, and earth
is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what...
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Hath not my hand made all these things?
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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fath...
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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before...
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Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept
it.
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When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with
their teeth.
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But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God (El...
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And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God (El...
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Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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And cast
him out of the city, and stoned
him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young m...
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And they stoned Stephen, calling upon
God (Elohim), and saying, Lord Yashua (Jesus), receive my spir...
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And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when h...
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