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사도행전 7
Korean Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
사도행전 7
Korean Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
스데반의 연설
7 대제사장[a]이 스데반에게 물었다. “이 사람들의 말이 모두 사실이오?” 2 스데반이 대답하였다. “여러 어른과 형제 여러분, 내 말을 들어 보십시오. 우리 조상 아브라함이 하란으로 옮겨 살기 전 메소포타미아에 살고 있을 때에, 영광스러우신 하나님께서 그에게 나타나셨습니다. 3 하나님께서는 아브라함에게 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. ‘네 고향과 친척들을 떠나, 내가 일러 주는 땅으로 가거라.’(A) 4 그리하여 아브라함은 갈대아[b]를 떠나 하란으로 가서 살았습니다. 아브라함의 아버지가 죽은 뒤에, 하나님께서는 아브라함을 여러분이 지금 살고 있는 이 땅으로 보내셨습니다. 5 하나님께서는 이곳에서 아브라함에게 한 뼘의 땅도 유산으로 주지 않으셨지만, 앞으로 아브라함과 그의 자손들에게 이 땅을 주겠다고 약속하셨습니다. 그때에 아브라함에게는 자식이 하나도 없었습니다. 6 하나님께서는 아브라함에게 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. ‘네 자손들은 다른 나라에서 나그네로 살게 될 것이다. 그곳 사람들은 네 자손을 종으로 삼아 사백 년 동안 괴롭힐 것이다. 7 그러나 나는 네 자손을 종으로 삼은 그 나라에 벌을 내리겠다.’(B) 하나님께서는 또 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. ‘이런 일들이 일어나고 난 뒤에, 네 백성은 그 나라에서 나와 이곳에서 나를 예배하게 될 것이다.’(C) 8 하나님께서는 아브라함과 계약을 맺으셨는데, 그 계약의 징표가 할례입니다. 그래서 아브라함은 이삭을 낳아서 여드레째 되는 날에 할례를 베풀었습니다. 이삭은 자기 아들 야곱에게, 또 야곱은 자기 아들 열둘에게 똑같이 할례를 베풀었습니다. 이 아들들이 나중에 열두 가문의 시조[c]가 되었습니다.
9 그런데 이 조상들이 자기네 형제인 요셉을 시기하여 이집트에 노예로 팔아 버렸습니다. 그러나 하나님께서 요셉과 함께 계셨습니다. 10 요셉은 이집트에서 여러 가지 어려움을 많이 당했습니다. 그렇지만 하나님께서는 그를 그 모든 어려움에서 구해 내셨습니다. 하나님께서 요셉에게 지혜를 주셔서 이집트의 왕 바로의 사랑을 받게 하셨습니다. 바로는 요셉을 총리로 삼고 그에게 이집트와 자신의 온 집안을 다스리는 일을 맡겼습니다. 11 그 뒤 온 이집트와 가나안에 가뭄이 들어 사람들이 굶주림으로 크게 고생하게 되었습니다. 우리 조상들도 먹을 것을 구할 수가 없었습니다. 12 야곱은 이집트에 곡식이 있다는 말을 듣고, 우리 조상들을 그리로 보냈습니다. 13 그리고 그들이 두 번째로 이집트에 갔을 때에, 요셉은 형들에게 자기가 누구인지를 밝혔습니다. 그리고 바로도 요셉의 가족에 대해서 알게 되었습니다. 14 이렇게 된 다음에 요셉은 자기 아버지 야곱과 그의 온 친족 일흔다섯 사람을 이집트로 불러왔습니다. 15 그리하여 야곱은 이집트로 내려갔고, 그곳에서 야곱과 우리 조상들이 다 죽었습니다. 16 나중에 그분들의 주검은 세겜에 있는 무덤으로 옮겨졌습니다. 그 무덤은 아브라함이 전에 세겜에 살던 하몰의 자손에게 은을 주고 사 두었던 것이었습니다.
17 하나님께서 아브라함에게 하신 약속이 이루어질 때가 가까워지자, 이집트에 사는 우리 백성의 수가 크게 늘어났습니다. 18 그러다가 마침내 요셉에 관해서 아무것도 모르는 다른 왕이 이집트를 다스리게 되었습니다. 19 이 왕은 우리 조상들을 교묘하게 다루었습니다. 그는 억지로 우리 조상에게 갓 태어난 사내 아기를 모두 내다 버리게 하여서, 사내 아기는 하나도 살아남지 못하게 하였습니다. 20 그럴 때에 모세가 태어났습니다. 모세는 아주 잘생긴 아기였습니다. 그의 부모는 그를 석 달 동안 몰래 집에서 키웠습니다. 21 그러나 그 뒤에 더는 어쩔 수 없어서 아기를 밖에 내다 버리자, 바로의 딸이 데려다가 자기 아들로 삼아 길렀습니다. 22 모세는 이집트 사람의 지혜를 다 배워서, 그가 하는 말과 하는 일에 능력이 있었습니다.
23 모세는 마흔 살이 되자 자기 동족인 이스라엘 백성을 찾아가기로 하였습니다. 24 어느 날 모세는, 어떤 이집트 사람이 이스라엘 사람 하나를 괴롭히는 것을 보고 그 이스라엘 사람을 편들어 주었습니다. 그는 이집트 사람을 때려 죽여서 이스라엘 사람의 앙갚음을 하였습니다. 25 모세는 자기의 동족들이 하나님께서 그들을 구하시려고 자기를 쓰신다는 사실을 깨달을 줄로 생각하였으나 그들은 깨닫지 못하였습니다. 26 이튿날 모세는 이스라엘 사람 둘이 싸우는 것을 보고, 그들을 화해시키려고 이렇게 말하였습니다. ‘이것 보시오, 두 사람은 형제가 아니오? 그런데 어찌하여 서로를 해치는 거요?’ 27 형제를 괴롭히던 사람이 모세를 밀치며 말하였습니다. ‘누가 당신을 우리의 통치자와 재판관으로 세웠소? 28 당신은 어제 이집트 사람을 죽이더니, 오늘은 나를 죽일 셈이오?’(D) 29 모세는 그 말을 듣고 미디안으로 도망가서, 그곳에서 나그네가 되어 살면서 아들 둘을 두었습니다.
30 사십 년이 지났습니다. 어느 날 모세는 시내 산에서 가까운 광야[d]에 있었습니다. 그때 한 천사가 불타는 덤불의 불꽃 속에서 그에게 나타났습니다. 31 모세는 이것을 보고 놀랐습니다. 그가 좀 더 자세히 보려고 가까이 가다가 주님의 목소리를 들었습니다. 32 ‘나는 네 조상의 하나님, 곧 아브라함과 이삭과 야곱의 하나님이다.’(E) 모세는 무서워 떨며 감히 쳐다보지도 못하였습니다. 33 주께서 모세에게 말씀하셨습니다. ‘네 신을 벗어라. 네가 서 있는 곳은 거룩한 땅이다. 34 나는 내 백성이 이집트에서 짓밟히고 있는 것을 보았다. 나는 그들이 울부짖는 소리를 듣고, 그들을 그 짓눌림에서 풀어 주려고 내려왔다. 자 가거라! 내가 너를 이집트로 돌려보낸다.’(F)
35 이 모세가, 앞서 이스라엘 사람들이 ‘누가 당신을 우리의 통치자와 재판관으로 세웠소?’(G) 라고 말하며 배척하였던 바로 그 사람입니다. 하나님께서는 불타는 덤불 속에 나타난 천사를 통하여, 이 모세를 통치자요 구원자로 보내셨습니다. 36 모세는 그들을 이집트에서 이끌고 나왔습니다. 그리고 이집트에서, 갈대 바다에서, 그리고 사십 년 동안 광야에서 놀라운 일들과 기적들을 보여 주었습니다. 37 이 모세가 바로 이스라엘 백성에게 이렇게 말한 사람입니다. ‘하나님께서 너희의 동족 가운데에서 나와 같은 예언자를 세워, 너희에게 보내 주실 것이다.’(H) 38 그는 이스라엘 백성이 광야에 다 같이 모여 있을 때에, 시내 산에서 그에게 말하는 천사와 우리 조상들 사이에 중계자 노릇을 하였습니다. 그때에 그는 생명의 말씀을 받아 우리에게 전하였습니다.
39 그러나 우리 조상들은 그에게 순종하기를 거부하였습니다. 오히려 그들은 그를 배척하고 마음으로는 다시 이집트로 돌아가고 싶어하였습니다. 40 우리 조상들은 아론[e]에게 이렇게 말하였습니다. ‘우리를 앞에서 이끌어 줄 신들을 만들어 주십시오. 이집트에서 우리를 데리고 나온 그 모세라는 자는 어떻게 되었는지 모르겠습니다.’(I) 41 그들이 송아지 모양의 우상을 만들어 놓고, 제물을 가져와 그 앞에 바치며, 자기들의 손으로 만든 것을 섬기며 즐거워하던 때가 바로 이때였습니다. 42 그러나 하나님께서는 그들에게서 얼굴을 돌리시고, 그들이 하늘에 있는 거짓 신들, 곧 별과 행성들을 섬기도록 내버려 두셨습니다. 이것은 예언자들의 책에 이렇게 기록되어 있는 것과 같습니다.
‘이스라엘 집안아
너희가 사십 년 동안 광야에 있을 때에
희생물과 제물을 내게 바친 일이 있었더냐?
43 너희는 몰록신의 장막과
너희의 신 레판의 별을 떠받들었다.
너희는
이런 우상들을 만들어 섬겼다.
그러므로 나는 너희를
바빌론 저 너머로 쫓아 버리겠다.’(J)
44 우리 조상들이 광야에서 살 때에, 그들에게 증거의 장막이 있었습니다. 그것은 모세가 본 모형에 따라서, 하나님께서 모세에게 지시하신 대로 만들어진 것입니다. 45 이 장막을 물려받은 우리 조상들은, 여호수아의 지휘 아래 하나님께서 그들 앞에서 쫓아내신 민족들의 땅을 차지할 때에, 그것을 이 땅으로 가지고 들어왔습니다. 그것은 다윗 시대까지 이 땅에 남아 있었습니다. 46 다윗은 하나님의 사랑을 받은 사람으로서, 자기가 야곱의 하나님께서 머무실 집[f] 을 마련하게 해 달라고 하나님께 청하였습니다. 47 그러나 하나님을 위해 집을 지은 사람은 그의 아들 솔로몬이었습니다.
48 그러나 지극히 높으신 분께서는 사람이 손으로 지은 그 어떤 집에도 살지 않으십니다. 예언자[g]는 그것을 이렇게 말합니다.
49 나 주가 말한다.
‘하늘은 내 보좌이며
땅은 내가 발을 딛는 발판이다.
그러니 너희가 나를 위해
무슨 집을 지어 주겠느냐?
나 주가 말한다.
내가 쉴 만한 곳이 어디 있겠느냐?
50 내가 내 손으로 이 모든 것을 만들지 않았더냐?’(K)
51 목이 굳은 백성이여! 하나님께 마음을 바치지 않고, 그분의 말씀에 귀를 기울이지 않는 사람들이여! 당신들은, 당신네 조상들과 꼭 같아서, 언제나 성령을 거역하고 있습니다. 52 당신네 조상들이 박해하지 않은 예언자가 한 사람이라도 있었습니까? 그들은 ‘의로운 분’ 께서 오실 것을 예언한 사람들까지 죽였습니다. 이제 당신들은 그 의로운 분을 배반하고, 그분을 죽였습니다. 53 당신들은 천사들이 전해 준 율법을 받기는 하였으나, 그것에 순종하지는 않았습니다!”
스데반, 죽임을 당하다
54 유대 지도자들은 스데반의 말을 듣고 너무 화가 나서 그를 향하여 이를 갈았다. 55 그러나 스데반은 성령으로 가득 차서 하늘을 우러러보았다. 스데반은 하나님의 영광과, 예수께서 하나님의 오른편에 서 계시는 것을 보았다. 56 스데반이 말하였다. “보십시오! 하늘이 열리고 사람의 아들이 하나님의 오른편에 서 계신 것이 보입니다!”
57 그러자 유대 지도자들은 귀를 막고, 목청껏 소리를 지르며 모두 스데반에게 달려들었다. 58 그들은 스데반을 성 밖으로 끌어내어 돌로 치기 시작하였다. 그러는 동안에 증인들은 옷을 벗어서 사울이라는 청년의 발 앞에 두었다. 59 그들이 스데반을 돌로 칠 때에 그는 이렇게 기도하였다. “주 예수님, 제 영혼을 받아 주십시오!” 60 스데반은 무릎을 꿇고 큰 소리로 외쳤다. “주님, 이 죄를 저 사람들의 탓으로 돌리지 마십시오!” 그는 이 말을 마치고 숨을 거두었다.
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
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Acts 7
New King James Version
Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham
7 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, 3 and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, (G)He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: (H)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (I)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 (J)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (K)judge,’ said God, (L)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8 (M)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; (N)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; (O)and Isaac begot Jacob, and (P)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 (Q)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, (R)sold Joseph into Egypt. (S)But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, (T)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 (U)Now a famine and great [a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 (V)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the (W)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 (X)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and (Y)all his relatives to him, [b]seventy-five people. 15 (Z)So Jacob went down to Egypt; (AA)and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And (AB)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in (AC)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
God Delivers Israel by Moses
17 “But when (AD)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (AE)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (AF)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (AG)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 (AH)At this time Moses was born, and (AI)was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But (AJ)when he was set out, (AK)Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was (AL)mighty in words and deeds.
23 (AM)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (AN)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 (AO)Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he (AP)had two sons.
30 (AQ)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [c]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, (AR)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 (AS)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely (AT)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will (AU)send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, (AV)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer (AW)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (AX)He brought them out, after he had (AY)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, (AZ)and in the Red Sea, (BA)and in the wilderness forty years.
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, (BB)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. (BC)Him[d] you shall hear.’
38 (BD)“This is he who was in the [e]congregation in the wilderness with (BE)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, (BF)the one who received the living (BG)oracles[f] to give to us, 39 whom our fathers (BH)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 (BI)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (BJ)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (BK)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (BL)God turned and gave them up to worship (BM)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(BN)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (BO)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
God’s True Tabernacle
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses (BP)to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 (BQ)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, (BR)whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the (BS)days of David, 46 (BT)who found favor before God and (BU)asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 (BV)But Solomon built Him a house.
48 “However, (BW)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven(BX) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not (BY)made all these things?’
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You (BZ)stiff-necked[g] and (CA)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (CB)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (CC)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (CD)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 (CE)When they heard these things they were [h]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, (CF)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the (CG)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! (CH)I see the heavens opened and the (CI)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (CJ)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (CK)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (CL)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 7
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Acts 7
English Standard Version
Stephen's Speech
7 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said:
(A)“Brothers and fathers, hear me. (B)The God (C)of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, (D)before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, (E)‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ 4 (F)Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And (G)after his father died, (H)God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living. 5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised (I)to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, (J)though he had no child. 6 And God spoke to this effect—that (K)his offspring would (L)be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them (M)four hundred years. 7 ‘But (N)I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out (O)and worship me in this place.’ 8 And (P)he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And (Q)so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and (R)circumcised him on the eighth day, and (S)Isaac became the father of Jacob, and (T)Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9 “And the patriarchs, (U)jealous of Joseph, (V)sold him into Egypt; but (W)God was with him 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and (X)gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, (Y)who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. 11 Now (Z)there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12 (AA)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. 13 And (AB)on the second visit (AC)Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and (AD)Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And (AE)Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, (AF)seventy-five persons in all. 15 And (AG)Jacob went down into Egypt, and (AH)he died, he (AI)and our fathers, 16 and (AJ)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that (AK)Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 “But (AL)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (AM)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king (AN)who did not know Joseph. 19 (AO)He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, (AP)so that they would not be kept alive. 20 (AQ)At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house, 21 and (AR)when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses (AS)was instructed in (AT)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (AU)mighty in his words and deeds.
23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart (AV)to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 (AW)And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, (AX)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this retort (AY)Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, (AZ)where he became the father of two sons.
30 “Now when forty years had passed, (BA)an angel appeared to him (BB)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: 32 (BC)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33 Then the Lord said to him, (BD)‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 (BE)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and (BF)have heard their groaning, and (BG)I have come down to deliver them. (BH)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
35 “This Moses, whom they rejected, (BI)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer (BJ)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (BK)This man led them out, performing (BL)wonders and signs (BM)in Egypt and (BN)at the Red Sea and (BO)in the wilderness for (BP)forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you (BQ)a prophet like me from your brothers.’ 38 This is the one (BR)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with (BS)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. (BT)He received (BU)living (BV)oracles to give to us. 39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and (BW)in their hearts they turned to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, (BX)‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And (BY)they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and (BZ)were rejoicing in (CA)the works of their hands. 42 But (CB)God turned away and (CC)gave them over to worship (CD)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:
(CE)“‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
(CF)during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 You took up the tent of (CG)Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship;
and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
44 “Our fathers had (CH)the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses (CI)directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn (CJ)brought it in with Joshua when they (CK)dispossessed the nations (CL)that God drove out before our fathers. So it was (CM)until the days of David, 46 (CN)who found favor in the sight of God and (CO)asked to find a dwelling place for (CP)the God of Jacob.[a] 47 But it was (CQ)Solomon who built a house for him. 48 (CR)Yet the Most High does not dwell (CS)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
49 (CT)“‘Heaven is my throne,
(CU)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 (CV)“You stiff-necked people, (CW)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (CX)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (CY)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (CZ)the Righteous One, (DA)whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law (DB)as delivered by angels and (DC)did not keep it.”
The Stoning of Stephen
54 Now when they heard these things (DD)they were enraged, and they (DE)ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, (DF)full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw (DG)the glory of God, and Jesus standing (DH)at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see (DI)the heavens opened, and (DJ)the Son of Man standing (DK)at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together[b] at him. 58 Then (DL)they cast him out of the city and (DM)stoned him. And (DN)the witnesses laid down their garments (DO)at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, (DP)he called out, “Lord Jesus, (DQ)receive my spirit.” 60 And (DR)falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, (DS)“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, (DT)he fell asleep.
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