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使徒行传 7
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
使徒行传 7
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
司提反的申辩
7 大祭司说：“真有这些事吗？” 2 司提反说：“各位父老兄弟请听！我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕，在美索不达米亚，还没有住在哈兰的时候，荣耀的 神向他显现， 3 对他说：‘你要离开本地本族，到我指示你的地方去。’ 4 他就离开迦勒底人的地方，住在哈兰。他父亲死后， 神又叫他从那里迁到你们现在所住的地方。 5 在这里 神并没有赐他产业，连立足之地也没有。但 神应许把这地赐给他和他的后裔为业，虽然那时他还没有儿子。 6 神就这样说：‘你的后裔必在外地寄居，人要奴役、虐待他们四百年。’ 7 神又说：‘奴役他们的那个国家，我要亲自惩罚。以后，他们要出来，在这地方事奉我。’ 8 神也赐他割礼为约。这样，亚伯拉罕生了以撒，第八天就给他行了割礼。后来，以撒生雅各，雅各生了十二位祖先。
9 “祖先妒忌约瑟，把他卖到埃及去，然而 神与他同在， 10 救他脱离一切苦难，使他在埃及王法老面前，有智慧、得恩宠。法老立他为首相，管理埃及和法老的全家。 11 后来埃及和迦南全地遭遇饥荒、大灾难，我们的祖先找不到粮食。 12 雅各听见埃及有谷粮，就派我们的祖先去，这是第一次。 13 第二次的时候，约瑟就向哥哥们表露自己的身世，法老才知道约瑟的家世。 14 约瑟就派人去把他父亲雅各和全家七十五人都接来。 15 于是雅各下了埃及。后来他和我们祖先都死了， 16 运到示剑，埋葬在亚伯拉罕用银子向哈抹子孙买来的坟地里。
17 “ 神给亚伯拉罕的应许快要实现的时候，以色列人在埃及人口繁盛增多； 18 但是，到了另一位不认识约瑟的君王兴起统治埃及的时候， 19 他就谋害我们的同胞，虐待我们的祖先，逼他们拋弃自己的婴孩，不容婴孩存活。 20 就在那时候，摩西出生了，他非常俊美，在父亲的家中抚养了三个月。 21 他被拋弃的时候，法老的女儿把他拾起来，当作儿子抚养。 22 摩西学尽了埃及人的一切学问，说话行事都有能力。
23 “到了四十岁，他心中起了一个念头，要去看望自己的同胞以色列人。 24 当他看见有一个人受欺负，就去护卫，为那受屈的抱不平，打死了那个埃及人。 25 他以为同胞们都必知道 神要借着他的手拯救他们，事实上他们却不知道。 26 第二天，有人在打架，摩西就出面调解，说：‘你们是弟兄，为甚么彼此欺负呢？’ 27 那欺负邻舍的把他推开，说：‘谁立了你作我们的领袖和审判官呢？ 28 难道你想杀我，像昨天杀那个埃及人一样吗？’ 29 摩西因为这句话，就逃到米甸地寄居，在那里生了两个儿子。
30 “过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位使者，在荆棘中的火焰里，向摩西显现。 31 他见了这个异象，十分惊奇；他正上前察看的时候，就有主的声音说： 32 ‘我是你祖宗的 神，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的 神。’摩西战战兢兢，不敢观看。 33 主对他说：‘把你脚上的鞋脱掉，因为你所站的地方是圣地。 34 我的子民在埃及所受的痛苦，我实在看见了；他们的叹息我也听见了，我下来是要救他们。你来，我要派你到埃及去。’ 35 他们拒绝了这位摩西，说：‘谁立了你作领袖和审判官呢？’但 神借着在荆棘中向他显现的使者的手，派他作领袖和救赎者。 36 这人领他们出来，并且在埃及地、红海和旷野，行奇事神迹四十年。 37 以前那位对以色列人说‘ 神要从你们弟兄中间，给你们兴起一位先知像我’的，就是这摩西。 38 那曾经在旷野的大会中，和那在西奈山上对他说话的使者同在，也与我们的祖先同在的，就是他。他领受了活的圣言，传给我们。 39 我们的祖先不肯听从他，反而把他推开，他们的心已经转向了埃及， 40 就对亚伦说：‘给我们做一些神像，可以走在我们前头。因为把我们从埃及地领出来的那个摩西，我们不知道他遭遇了甚么事。’ 41 在那些日子里，他们做了一个牛犊，把祭物献给那偶像，并且因自己手所做的而欢乐。 42 于是 神转身离开，任凭他们事奉天象，正如先知书所说：
‘以色列家啊，
你们在旷野四十年，
岂是将祭牲和祭物献给我呢？
43 你们抬着摩洛的帐幕，
和理番神的星，
就是你们做来敬拜的像。
所以我要把你们放逐到巴比伦那一边去。’
44 “我们的祖先在旷野有作证的帐幕，就是跟摩西谈话的那位指示他，依照他看见的样式做的。 45 我们的祖先相继承受了这帐幕， 神把外族人从他们面前赶走以后，他们就同约书亚把帐幕带进所得为业的地方，直到大卫的日子。 46 大卫在 神面前蒙了恩，就求为雅各的 神找个居所， 47 而由所罗门为他建造殿宇。 48 其实至高者并不住人手所造的，正如先知说：
49 ‘主说：天是我的宝座，
地是我的脚凳，
你们要为我建造怎样的殿呢？
哪里是我安息的地方呢？
50 这一切不都是我手所造的吗？’
51 “你们颈项刚硬、心和耳都未受割礼的人哪！你们时常抗拒圣灵，你们的祖先怎样，你们也怎样。 52 有哪一个先知，你们的祖先不迫害呢？你们杀了那些预先宣告那义者要来的人，现在又把那义者出卖了，杀害了。 53 你们领受了由天使传达的律法，却不遵守。”
司提反被石头打死
54 众人听了这些话，心中非常恼怒，就向着司提反咬牙切齿。 55 但司提反被圣灵充满，定睛望着天，看见 神的荣耀，并且看见耶稣站在 神的右边， 56 就说：“看哪！我看见天开了，人子站在 神的右边。” 57 众人大声喊叫，掩着耳朵，一齐向他冲过去， 58 把他推出城外，用石头打他。那些证人把自己的衣服，放在一个名叫扫罗的青年人脚前。 59 他们用石头打司提反的时候，他呼求说：“主耶稣啊，求你接收我的灵魂！” 60 然后跪下来大声喊着说：“主啊，不要把这罪归给他们！”说了这话，就睡了。
使徒行传 7
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
使徒行传 7
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
司提反当众申诉
7 大祭司说：“果真有这些事吗？” 2 司提反说：“诸位父老弟兄请听！从前我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕在美索不达米亚，还没有住在哈兰的时候，荣耀的 神向他显现， 3 对他说：‘你要离开本地和亲族，往我所要指示你的地去。’ 4 他就离开迦勒底人的地方，住在哈兰。他父亲死了以后， 神使他从那里搬到你们现在所住的地方。 5 在这里 神并没有给他产业，连立足的地方都没有，但应许要将这地赐给他和他的后裔为业，虽然那时他还没有儿子。 6 神这样说：‘他的后裔必寄居外邦，那里的人要使他们作奴隶，苦待他们四百年。’ 7 神又说：‘但我要惩罚使他们作奴隶的那国。以后他们要出来，在这地方事奉我。’ 8 神又赐他割礼的约。于是亚伯拉罕生了以撒，在第八日给他行了割礼；后来以撒生雅各，雅各生十二位先祖。
9 “先祖嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去， 神却与他同在， 10 救他脱离一切苦难，又使他在埃及王法老面前蒙恩，又有智慧。法老派他作埃及国的宰相兼管法老的全家。 11 后来全埃及和迦南遭遇饥荒和大灾难，我们的祖宗绝了粮。 12 雅各听见在埃及有粮，就打发我们的祖宗初次往那里去。 13 第二次约瑟与兄弟们相认，法老才认识他的家族。 14 约瑟就打发人，请父亲雅各和全族七十五个人都来。 15 于是雅各下了埃及，后来他和我们的祖宗都死在那里； 16 他们又被迁到示剑，葬于亚伯拉罕在示剑用银子从哈抹子孙[a]买来的坟墓里。
17 “当 神应许亚伯拉罕的日期将到的时候，以色列人在埃及人丁兴旺， 18 直到另一位不认识约瑟的王兴起统治埃及[b]。 19 他用诡计待我们的宗族，苦待我们的祖宗，强迫他们丢弃婴孩，使婴孩不能存活。 20 就在那时，摩西生了下来， 神看为俊美，在父亲家里被抚养了三个月。 21 他被丢弃的时候，法老的女儿拾了去，当自己的儿子抚养。 22 摩西学了埃及人一切的学问，说话办事都有才能。
23 “他到了四十岁，心中起意去看望他的弟兄以色列人。 24 他见他们中的一个人受冤屈，就庇护他，为那被压迫的人报仇，打死了那埃及人。 25 他以为他的弟兄们必明白 神是藉他的手搭救他们，他们却不明白。 26 第二天，他遇见有人在打架，就想劝他们和好，说：‘二位，你们是弟兄，为什么彼此欺负呢？’ 27 那欺负邻舍的人把他推开，说：‘谁立你作我们的领袖和审判官呢？ 28 难道你要杀我像昨天杀那埃及人一样吗？’ 29 摩西听见这话就逃走了，寄居于米甸地，在那里生了两个儿子。
30 “过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位天使在荆棘的火焰中向摩西显现。 31 摩西见了那异象，觉得很惊讶，正往前观看的时候，有主的声音说： 32 ‘我是你列祖的 神，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的 神。’摩西战战兢兢，不敢观看。 33 主对他说：‘把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站的地方是圣地。 34 我的百姓在埃及所受的困苦，我确实看见了；他们悲叹的声音，我也听见了。我下来要救他们。现在，你来，我要差你往埃及去。’
35 “这摩西就是有人曾弃绝他说‘谁立你作我们的领袖和审判官’的， 神却藉那在荆棘中显现的天使的手差派他作领袖，作解救者。 36 这人领以色列人出来，在埃及地，在红海，在旷野的四十年间行了奇事神迹。 37 这人是摩西，就是那曾对以色列人说‘ 神要从你们弟兄中给你们兴起一位先知像我’的。 38 这人是那曾在旷野的会众中和西奈山上，与那对他说话的天使同在，又与我们祖宗同在的，他领受了活泼的圣言传给我们。 39 我们的祖宗不肯听从，反弃绝他，他们的心转向埃及， 40 对亚伦说：‘你为我们造神明，在我们前面引路，因为领我们出埃及地的这个摩西，我们不知道他遭遇了什么事。’ 41 那时，他们造了一个牛犊，又拿祭物献给那像，为自己手所做的工作欢跃。 42 但是 神转脸不顾，任凭他们祭拜天上的日月星辰，正如先知书上所写的：
‘以色列家啊，你们四十年间在旷野，
何曾将牺牲和祭物献给我？
43 你们抬着摩洛的帐幕
和理番—你们神明的星，
就是你们所造为要敬拜的像。
因此，我要把你们迁到巴比伦外去。’
44 “我们的祖宗在旷野，有作证的会幕，是 神吩咐摩西照着他所看见的样式做的。 45 这帐幕，我们的祖宗同约书亚相继承受了，当 神在他们面前赶走外邦人的时候，他们把这帐幕搬进承受为业之地，直存到大卫的日子。 46 大卫在 神面前蒙恩，祈求为雅各的家[c]预备居所。 47 但却是所罗门为 神造成殿宇。 48 其实，至高者并不住人手所造的，就如先知所言：
49 ‘主说：天是我的宝座，
地是我的脚凳。
你们要为我造怎样的殿宇？
哪里是我安歇的地方呢？
50 这一切不都是我手所造的吗？’
51 “你们这硬着颈项，心与耳未受割礼的人哪，时常抗拒圣灵！你们的祖宗怎样，你们也怎样。 52 先知中有哪一个不是受你们祖宗的迫害呢？他们把预先宣告那义者要来的人杀了。如今你们成了那义者的出卖者和凶手了。 53 你们领受了天使所传布的律法，竟不遵守。”
众人用石头打死司提反
54 众人听见这些话，心中极其恼怒，向司提反咬牙切齿。 55 但司提反满有圣灵，定睛望天，看见 神的荣耀，又看见耶稣站在 神的右边， 56 就说：“我看见天开了，人子站在 神的右边。” 57 众人大声喊叫，捂着耳朵，齐心冲向他， 58 把他推到城外，用石头打他。作见证的人把他们的衣裳放在一个名叫扫罗的青年脚前。 59 他们正用石头打司提反的时候，他呼求说：“主耶稣啊，求你接纳我的灵魂！” 60 然后他跪下来，大声喊着：“主啊，不要将这罪归于他们！”说了这话，就长眠了。
Acts 7
New International Version
Acts 7
New International Version
Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin
7 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)
4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(E) 5 He gave him no inheritance here,(F) not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land,(G) even though at that time Abraham had no child. 6 God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.(H) 7 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[b](I) 8 Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision.(J) And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth.(K) Later Isaac became the father of Jacob,(L) and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.(M)
9 “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(N) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(O) But God was with him(P) 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.(Q)
11 “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.(R) 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(S) 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,(T) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.(U) 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(V) seventy-five in all.(W) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(X) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(Y)
17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.(Z) 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[c](AA) 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.(AB)
20 “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[d] For three months he was cared for by his family.(AC) 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.(AD) 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians(AE) and was powerful in speech and action.
23 “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24 He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’
27 “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?(AF) 28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[e] 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.(AG)
30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say:(AH) 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers,(AI) the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[f] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.(AJ)
33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.(AK) 34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[g](AL)
35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(AM) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt(AN) and performed wonders and signs(AO) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(AP) and for forty years in the wilderness.(AQ)
37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[h](AR) 38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(AS) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(AT) and he received living words(AU) to pass on to us.(AV)
39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AW) 40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’[i](AX) 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(AY) 42 But God turned away from them(AZ) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(BA) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:
“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
and the star of your god Rephan,
the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[j](BB) beyond Babylon.
44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(BC) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(BD) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(BE) It remained in the land until the time of David,(BF) 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[k](BG) 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.(BH)
48 “However, the Most High(BI) does not live in houses made by human hands.(BJ) As the prophet says:
49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.(BK)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[l](BL)
51 “You stiff-necked people!(BM) Your hearts(BN) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(BO) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(BP)— 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(BQ) but have not obeyed it.”
The Stoning of Stephen
54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(BR) and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(BS) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(BT) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(BU) and the Son of Man(BV) standing at the right hand of God.”
57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(BW) and began to stone him.(BX) Meanwhile, the witnesses(BY) laid their coats(BZ) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(CA)
59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(CB) 60 Then he fell on his knees(CC) and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”(CD) When he had said this, he fell asleep.(CE)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
- Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
- Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
- Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
- Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
- Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
- Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
- Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
- Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
- Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
- Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
- Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2
Acts 7
Worldwide English (New Testament)
Acts 7
Worldwide English (New Testament)
7 Then the high priest asked, `Is this true?'
2 Stephen replied, `Men, brothers and fathers, listen to me. When our father Abraham was in the country of Mesopotamia, before he lived in the country of Haran, the God who is great and wonderful came to him.
3 God said, "Leave your country and your family and come to the country that I will show you."
4 Then Abraham came out of the country of the Chaldeans and lived for a while in the country of Haran. After his father died, God led him from there to this country where you are living now.
5 But God did not give any of the land to Abraham, not even a small part. But he promised that the land would belong to him. After him it would belong to his children, even though he did not have a child then.
6 This is what God told Abraham. He told him that his children would travel and live in another land. They would be slaves to the people there. They would have a hard time for four hundred years.
7 And God said, "I will judge the people who make them slaves. After that, they will come out of that land and serve me here."
8 God made the agreement of circumcision with Abraham. Abraham had a son Isaac. He made the mark of circumcision on the child's body and circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac had a son Jacob, and Jacob had twelve sons who were our fathers.
9 `Because they were jealous, they sold Joseph to be a slave in the country of Egypt. But God was with Joseph.
10 He took him out of all his troubles. He blessed him and made him wise in the eyes of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh made him president in Egypt and a ruler over all the people of his house.
11 For a long, long time there was no rain in Egypt and Canaan. And so there was very little food. This caused much trouble. Our fathers had nothing to eat.
12 Then Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. He sent his sons on their first trip to buy some. They were our fathers of long ago.
13 The second time they went, Joseph told his brothers who he was. And Pharaoh found out who Joseph's family was.
14 Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all the family to come. There were seventy-five people.
15 So Jacob went to Egypt. There he and our fathers died.
16 They were taken back to the place called Shechem and buried. Abraham had bought a grave from the family of Hamor in Shechem. He had paid money for it.
17 `Then it was almost time for God to do what he had promised to Abraham. The family of Jacob had become very large in Egypt.
18 Then a new king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt.
19 This king was not kind to our fathers but he gave them a hard time. They had to put their babies outside to die.
20 `Moses was born during that time. He was a very fine baby. For three months he was raised in his own father's home.
21 When he was put outside to die, Pharaoh's daughter took him. She raised him as her own son.
22 Moses was taught all the things the Egyptians knew. He knew how to talk and could do great things.
23 `When he was forty years old he decided to visit his own family, the people of Israel.
24 There he saw one of them being hurt by an Egyptian. So he helped him. He fought for him and knocked down the Egyptian.
25 He thought his people would know that God wanted him to make them free. But they did not understand.
26 The next day he saw two of his own people fighting and he wanted to make peace. "You are brothers," he said. "Why are you fighting?"
27 But the one who was fighting his neighbour pushed Moses away. He said, "Who made you our ruler and our judge?
28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?"
29 When Moses heard these words, he left Egypt at once. He lived as a stranger in the country of Midian. While he was there, two sons were born to him.
30 `When forty years had passed, he was in the wilderness near the hill called Sinai. There he saw fire in a small tree. An angel of the Lord was in the fire.
31 Moses looked at it. He was very much surprised. He came closer to look at it better. Then he heard the Lord speak to him.
32 The Lord said, "I am the God of your fathers. I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob." Moses began to shake. He was afraid to look.
33 Then the Lord said, "Take off your shoes. You are standing on holy ground.
34 I have looked and seen the trouble my people have in Egypt. I have heard them crying and I have come to make them free. Now come, I will send you to Egypt."
35 `This is the same Moses the people would not accept when they said, "Who made you our ruler and our judge?" This is the one God sent to be their ruler and to make them free when he spoke through the angel in the small tree.
36 It was Moses who led the people out of Egypt. He had done wonderful things and signs there, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness, for forty years.
37 `This is the same Moses who said, "God will raise up one of your brothers to be a prophet, as he did me. Listen to him."
38 This is the same Moses who was with God's people in the wilderness at the hill called Mount Sinai. He was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers of long ago . It was he who received the words of life to give to us.
39 `Our fathers would not obey Moses. They did not want him to lead them. They wished they were back in Egypt.
40 They said to Aaron, "Make gods to lead us. We do not know what has happened to this Moses who brought us out of Egypt."
41 They made a young cow at that time and gave sacrifices to this god which was not the true God. They were very happy. What they had made pleased them.
42 `Then God turned away from them. He let them worship the sun, moon, and the many stars in the sky. The prophets of God wrote about it long ago. They said, "You people of Israel, did you sacrifice animals to me forty years in the wilderness?
43 You carried the house of the god called Moloch and the star of the god called Rephan. You made gods of them to worship. I will carry you away to the other side of Babylon."
44 `Our fathers had the tent for the laws of God in the wilderness. It was built the way God showed Moses to make it.
45 Our fathers brought that tent with them when they came to this country. Joshua was their leader. God put aside the people who lived here first. Our fathers kept that tent with them until the time of David.
46 God blessed David who asked God to let him make a better house for Jacob's God.
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
48 But even so, God is above all. He does not live in houses that people make with their hands. The prophet says,
49 "The Lord said, `The sky is the big chair from which I rule. I put my feet on the earth. So then, what kind of house will you build for me? Or where will I rest myself?
50 I have made all these things myself.''
51 `You hard-hearted people! You have hearts and ears like the people who are not Jews. You always fight against the Holy Spirit just as your fathers did long ago.
52 What did your fathers do to the prophets of God? They made a lot of trouble for every one of them. They killed the ones who told that the Right and True One would come. He is the One you gave up to be killed. You are the killers.
53 You received the law given by angels, but you have not kept it.'
54 When the men heard what Stephen said, they were very angry. They made noises with their teeth to show they hated him.
55 But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked at the sky and saw the greatness of God. He saw Jesus standing at God's right side.
56 `Look,' he said, `I see the sky open. I see the Son of man standing at God's right hand side.'
57 Then the men shouted. They put their fingers in their ears. All together they ran at Stephen.
58 They put him out of the city and threw stones at him. (Those who had talked against him laid their clothes down by the feet of a young man named Saul.)
59 They kept on throwing stones at Stephen. He spoke to God and said, `Oh, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'
60 Then he kneeled down and said in a loud voice, `Lord, do not punish them for this wrong thing they are doing,' After he said this, he died.
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