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Acts 7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Acts 7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 And the high priest asked [Stephen], Are these charges true?
2 And he answered, Brethren and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before he [went to] live in Haran,(A)
3 And He said to him, Leave your own country and your relatives and come into the land (region) that I will point out to you.(B)
4 So then he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, [God] transferred him to this country in which you are now dwelling.(C)
5 Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a [a]permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child.(D)
6 And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them 400 years.
7 But I will judge the nation to whom they will be slaves, said God, and after that they will escape and come forth and worship Me in this [very] place.(E)
8 And [God] made with Abraham a covenant (an agreement to be religiously observed) [b]of which circumcision was the seal. And under these circumstances [Abraham] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [did so] when he became the father of Jacob, and Jacob [when each of his sons was born], the twelve patriarchs.(F)
9 And the patriarchs [Jacob’s sons], boiling with envy and hatred and anger, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,(G)
10 And delivered him from all his distressing afflictions and won him goodwill and favor and wisdom and understanding in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and all his house.(H)
11 Then there came a famine over all of Egypt and Canaan, with great distress, and our forefathers could find no fodder [for the cattle] or vegetable sustenance [for their households].(I)
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our forefathers [to go there on their] first trip.(J)
13 And on their second visit Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh and his origin and race.(K)
14 And Joseph sent an invitation calling to himself Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.(L)
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, where he himself died, as did [also] our forefathers;(M)
16 And their [c]bodies [Jacob’s and Joseph’s] were taken back to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of [silver] money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.(N)
17 But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits].(O)
19 He dealt treacherously with and defrauded our race; he abused and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their babies so that they might not be kept alive.(P)
20 At this juncture Moses was born, and was exceedingly beautiful in God’s sight. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house;(Q)
21 Then when he was exposed [to perish], the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and took him and reared him as her own son.(R)
22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was mighty (powerful) in his speech and deeds.
23 And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [[d]to help them and to care for them].
24 And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him].
25 He expected his brethren to understand that God was granting them deliverance by his hand [taking it for granted that they would accept him]; but they did not understand.
26 Then on the next day he [e]suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another?
27 Whereupon the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed [Moses] aside, saying, Who appointed you a ruler (umpire) and a judge over us?
28 Do you intend to slay me as you slew the Egyptian yesterday?
29 At that reply Moses sought safety by flight and he was an exile and an alien in the country of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.(S)
30 And when forty years had gone by, there appeared to him in the wilderness (desert) of Mount Sinai an angel, in the flame of a burning bramblebush.
31 When Moses saw it, he was astonished and marveled at the sight; but when he went close to investigate, there came to him the voice of the Lord, saying,
32 I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses trembled and was so terrified that he did not venture to look.
33 Then the Lord said to him, Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground and worthy of veneration.
34 Because I have most assuredly seen the abuse and oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their sighing and groaning, I have come down to rescue them. So, now come! I will send you back to Egypt [as My messenger].(T)
35 It was this very Moses whom they had denied (disowned and rejected), saying, Who made you our ruler (referee) and judge? whom God sent to be a ruler and deliverer and redeemer, by and with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel that appeared to him in the bramblebush.(U)
36 He it was who led them forth, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and during the forty years in the wilderness (desert).(V)
37 It was this [very] Moses who said to the children of Israel, God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as He raised me up.(W)
38 This is he who in the assembly in the wilderness (desert) was the go-between for the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and he received living oracles (words that still live) to be handed down to us.(X)
39 [And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to or obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt.(Y)
40 And they said to Aaron, Make us gods who shall [be our leaders and] go before us; as for this Moses who led us forth from the land of Egypt—we have no knowledge of what has happened to him.(Z)
41 And they [even] made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol and made merry and exulted in the work of their [own] hands.(AA)
42 But God turned [away from them] and delivered them up to worship and serve the host (stars) of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did you [really] offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness (desert), O house of Israel?(AB)
43 [No!] You took up the tent (the portable temple) of Moloch and carried it [with you], and the star of the god Rephan, the images which you [yourselves] made that you might worship them; and I will remove you [carrying you away into exile] beyond Babylon.(AC)
44 Our forefathers had the tent (tabernacle) of witness in the wilderness, even as He Who directed Moses to make it had ordered, according to the pattern and model he had seen.(AD)
45 Our forefathers in turn brought it [this tent of witness] in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before the face of our forefathers. [So it remained here] until the time of David,(AE)
46 Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.(AF)
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.(AG)
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says,(AH)
49 Heaven [is] My throne, and earth the footstool for My feet. What [kind of] house can you build for Me, says the Lord, or what is the place in which I can rest?
50 Was it not My hand that made all these things?(AI)
51 You stubborn and stiff-necked people, still heathen and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always [f]actively resisting the Holy Spirit. As your forefathers [were], so you [are and so you do]!(AJ)
52 Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? And they slew those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, Whom you now have betrayed and murdered—
53 You who received the Law as it was ordained and set in order and delivered by angels, and [yet] you did not obey it!
54 Now upon hearing these things, they [the Jews] were cut to the heart and infuriated, and they ground their teeth against [Stephen].
55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand;
56 And he said, Look! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at God’s right hand!
57 But they raised a great shout and put their hands over their ears and rushed together upon him.
58 Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.(AK)
59 And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!
60 And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [g][in death].
Footnotes
- Acts 7:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Acts 7:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Acts 7:16 Stephen greatly compresses Old Testament accounts of two land purchases and two burial places (at Hebron and Shechem). See Gen. 23:17-18 and Gen. 33:19.
- Acts 7:23 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Acts 7:26 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Acts 7:51 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Acts 7:60 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek.
사도행전 7
Korean Living Bible
사도행전 7
Korean Living Bible
7 대제사장이 스데반에게 “이 사람들의 말이 사실이냐?” 하고 묻자
2 그가 이렇게 대답하였다. “여러분, 들어 보십시오. 우리 조상 아브라함이 하란에서 살기 전 메소포타미아에 있을 때 영광의 하나님께서 그에게 나타나
3 [a]‘너는 네 고향과 친척을 떠나 내가 지시할 땅으로 가거라’ 하고 말씀하셨습니다.
4 그래서 아브라함은 갈대아를 떠나 하란에서 살았습니다. 거기서 그의 아버지가 죽자 하나님은 그를 하란에서 지금 여러분이 살고 있는 이 땅으로 옮기셨습니다.
5 그러나 하나님께서는 거기서 아브라함에게 발붙일 땅도 주지 않으시고 그에게 아직 자녀가 없었는데도 그와 그의 후손에게 이 땅을 주시겠다고 약속하셨습니다.
6 그리고 하나님은 그의 후손이 외국 땅에서 나그네가 되어 400년 동안 종살이하며 학대를 받을 것이라고 말씀하셨고
7 또 [b]‘그들이 섬기는 나라를 내가 벌할 것이니 그 후에 그들이 나와서 이 곳에서 나를 섬길 것이다’ 라고 말씀하셨습니다.
8 그러고서 하나님은 아브라함에게 [c]할례의 계약을 주셨습니다. 그래서 아브라함은 이삭을 낳아 태어난 지 8일 만에 그의 포피를 잘라 할례를 행했으며 후에 이삭은 야곱을 낳았고 야곱은 우리 열두 조상을 낳았습니다.
9 그런데 그 조상들이 요셉을 시기하여 이집트에 노예로 팔아 버렸습니다. 그러나 하나님은 요셉과 함께 계셔서
10 모든 어려움에서 그를 구해 내셨고 그에게 은혜와 지혜를 주어 이집트 왕 바로의 신임을 받게 하셨습니다. 그래서 바로 왕은 요셉을 온 나라와 그의 궁전을 다스리는 총리로 임명하였습니다.
11 그 때에 이집트와 가나안 전역에 흉년이 들어 큰 어려움이 있었으며 우리 조상들도 먹을 것이 없었습니다.
12 야곱은 이집트에 곡식이 있다는 소문을 듣고 먼저 그의 아들들, 곧 우리 조상들을 그리로 보냈습니다.
13 그들이 이집트에 두 번째 갔을 때 요셉은 형제들에게 자기가 누구라는 것을 알렸으며 바로도 그들이 요셉의 가족임을 알게 되었습니다.
14 요셉은 사람을 보내 그의 아버지 야곱과 75명의 친척들을 모두 이집트로 오라고 했습니다.
15 그래서 야곱과 우리 조상들은 이집트로 가서 [d]살다가 거기서 죽었습니다.
16 그리고 그들의 유해는 세겜으로 옮겨져 전에 아브라함이 하몰의 자손에게서 사 두었던 묘지에 묻혔습니다.
17 하나님께서 아브라함에게 약속하신 때가 가까워지자 이집트에서 우리 민족이 크게 번성하여 그 수가 굉장히 많아졌습니다.
18 그때 요셉을 알지 못하는 다른 왕이 이집트를 다스리게 되었습니다.
19 그는 우리 민족을 교묘하게 이용하여 우리 조상들을 괴롭히고 그들의 갓난 아기들이 살아 남지 못하도록 모두 내어버리게 했습니다.
20 바로 이때 모세가 태어났는데 그는 하나님이 보시기에 아름다웠습니다. 그의 부모가 석 달 동안 그를 집에 숨겨 두고 키우다가
21 [e]더 이상 숨길 수가 없어서 내어다 버리자 바로의 딸이 주워다 자기 아들로 키웠습니다.
22 그때부터 모세는 이집트의 학문을 다 배워서 말과 행동에 뛰어난 인물이 되었습니다.
23 마흔 살이 되어 모세는 동족인 이스라엘 사람들을 찾아볼 생각이 났습니다.
24 그러던 중 어느 날 그는 동족 한 사람이 억울한 일을 당하는 것을 보고 그를 도우러 갔다가 이집트 사람을 쳐죽이고 그의 원수를 갚아 주었습니다.
25 모세는 자기를 통해 하나님이 동족들을 구해 내신다는 것을 그들이 깨달을 줄 알았으나 그들은 깨닫지 못했습니다.
26 이튿날 모세는 두 이스라엘 사람이 싸우는 것을 보고 가서 ‘여보시오, 동족끼리 이래서야 되겠습니까?’ 하면서 말렸습니다.
27 그러자 싸움을 걸던 사람이 모세를 떠밀며 [f]‘누가 당신을 우리의 지도자와 재판관으로 세웠소?
28 당신이 어제 이집트 사람을 죽인 것처럼 나도 죽일 셈이오?’ 하고 대들었습니다.
29 모세는 이 말을 듣고 도망쳐 나와 미디안 땅으로 가서 나그네 생활을 하며 거기서 두 아들을 낳았습니다.
30 그 곳에 온 지 40년이 지난 어느 날 한 천사가 시내산 근처의 광야에 있는 떨기나무 불꽃 가운데서 모세에게 나타났습니다.
31 그 광경을 보고 모세가 신기해서 좀더 자세히 보려고 다가가자
32 [g]‘나는 네 조상의 하나님, 곧 아브라함과 이삭과 야곱의 하나님이다’ 라는 주의 음성이 들려왔습니다. 모세가 무서워서 떨며 감히 쳐다보지 못하자
33 주께서 모세에게 이렇게 말씀하셨습니다. [h]‘네가 선 곳은 거룩한 땅이다. 신을 벗어라.
34 나는 내 백성이 이집트에서 학대받는 것을 똑똑히 보았고 그들의 탄식 소리도 들었다. 그래서 내가 그들을 구하려고 내려왔다. 이제 내가 너를 이집트로 보내겠다.’
35 “이스라엘 사람들이 ‘누가 당신을 우리의 지도자와 재판관으로 세웠소?’ 하면서 배척하던 이 모세를 하나님은 떨기나무 불꽃 가운데서 나타난 천사를 통해 이스라엘의 지도자와 구원자가 되라고 보내셨습니다.
36 그는 이집트에서 자기 백성을 인도해 내었으며 이집트와 홍해와 광야에서 40년 동안 놀라운 일과 기적을 행했습니다.
37 바로 이 모세는 [i]‘하나님이 여러분을 위해 여러분의 동족 가운데서 나와 같은 예언자 한 사람을 세우실 것입니다’ 라고 이스라엘 백성에게 말한 사람입니다.
38 시내산에서 자기에게 말한 천사와 그리고 우리 조상들과 함께 광야 교회에 있으면서 하나님의 살아 있는 말씀을 받아 우리에게 전해 준 사람이 바로 이 모세입니다.
39 그러나 우리 조상들은 그의 말을 듣지 않고 오히려 그를 배척하며 이집트로 돌아가려고 했습니다.
40 그들은 아론에게 [j]‘우리를 인도할 신들을 만들어 주시오. 우리를 이집트에서 끌어낸 이 모세라는 사람은 어떻게 되었는지 전혀 소식이 없소’ 하고 말했습니다.
41 그러고서 그들은 송아지 모양의 우상을 만들어 거기에다 제물을 바치고 자기들의 손으로 만든 것을 기뻐하고 있었습니다.
42 그래서 하나님은 그들에게서 돌아서시고 그들이 하늘의 별들을 섬기도록 버려 두셨습니다. 이것은 예언서에 기록된 것과 같습니다. [k]‘이스라엘 백성들아, 너희가 40년 동안 광야에서 정말 나에게 희생의 제물을 드렸느냐?
43 너희는 몰록의 천막과 [l]레판 신의 별과 그들을 섬기려고 만든 우상의 형상을 메고 다녔다. 그러므로 내가 너희를 바빌론 밖으로 옮겨 버릴 것이다.’
44 “우리 조상들은 광야에서 증거의 성막을 가지고 있었습니다. 그것은 모세가 하나님께서 보여 주신 양식대로 만들라는 지시를 받고 그대로 만든 것입니다.
45 우리 조상들은 그 성막을 물려받아 하나님이 그들 앞에서 쫓아내신 이방인들의 땅을 점령할 때 [m]여호수아와 함께 그것을 가지고 들어갔으며 그 성막은 다윗 때까지 그 땅에 있었습니다.
46 다윗은 하나님의 은혜를 받고 야곱의 [n]하나님을 위해 성전을 짓게 해 달라고 구하였으나
47 실제로 성전을 지은 사람은 솔로몬이었습니다.
48 그러나 가장 높으신 하나님은 사람의 손으로 지은 집에서 사시지 않습니다. 그것은 예언자가 이렇게 말한 것과 같습니다.
49 [o]‘주께서 말씀하신다: 하늘은 내 보좌이며 땅은 내 발판이다. 너희가 나를 위해 무슨 집을 지을 수 있겠느냐? 어느 곳이 내 안식처가 되겠느냐?
50 내가 이 모든 것을 만들지 않았느냐?’
51 “[p]고집을 피우며 이방인들처럼 하나님의 말씀에 귀를 기울이지 않는 사람들이여, 여러분도 조상들처럼 성령님을 계속 거역하고 있습니다.
52 여러분의 조상들이 핍박하지 않은 예언자가 있으면 한 사람이라도 말해 보십시오. 그들은 의로우신 분이 오실 것을 예언한 사람들을 죽였고 이제 여러분은 그 의로우신 분을 배신하고 죽였습니다.
53 여러분은 천사들이 전해 준 율법을 받고도 그것을 지키지 않았습니다.”
스데반의 순교
54 그들은 스데반의 말을 듣고 화가 머리 끝까지 치밀어 올라 이를 갈았다.
55 그러나 스데반은 성령으로 충만하여 하늘을 우러러보고서 하나님의 영광과 예수님이 하나님의 오른편에 서신 것을 보고
56 이렇게 외쳤다. “보라! 하늘이 열리고 [q]예수님이 하나님의 오른편에 서 계신다!”
57 그러자 그들은 귀를 막고 큰 소리를 지르며 일제히 스데반에게 달려들어
58 그를 성 밖으로 끌어낸 후 돌로 치기 시작하였다. 그때 거짓 증인들은 자기들의 옷을 벗어 사울이라는 청년에게 맡겨 두었다.
59 그들이 계속 돌질을 하자 스데반은 “주 예수님, 내 영혼을 받으소서” 하고 기도하였다.
60 그러고서 그는 무릎을 꿇고 큰 소리로 “주님, 이 죄를 저들에게 돌리지 마소서” 하고 외친 후 숨을 거두었다.
Acts 7
King James Version
Acts 7
King James Version
7 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when he was full 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 him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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
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