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Stephen Defends Himself

Then the high priest asked, “Is this true?”

Stephen replied:

“Listen, brothers and fathers!

“The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God[a] told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I’ll show you.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Lit. He
  2. Acts 7:3 Cf. Gen 12:1

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

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) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1