Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin - Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran. ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’ “So he left the land of the ...

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.

Stephen's Speech - And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ Then he went out from the land of the …

Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham - Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?” And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ Then he came out of the land of the ...

God did promise, however, that eventually the whole land would belong to Abraham and his descendants—even though he had no children yet. 6 God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign land, where they would be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 7 ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and in the ...

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.’

Acts 7:46 The earliest mss read house instead of “God”; the Septuagint reads God. Acts 7:54 This would include the members of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and those witnessing the proceedings.

Acts 7:24 tn “Hurt unfairly” conveys a better sense of the seriousness of the offense against the Israelite than “treated unfairly,” which can sometimes refer to slight offenses, or “wronged,” which can refer to offenses that do not involve personal violence, as this one probably did.

Stephen’s Defense. 7 Now the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And [] Stephen said, “Listen to me, [] brothers and fathers! The God of glory () appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [] Haran, 3 and He said to him, ‘ Go from your country and your relatives, and come to the land which I will show you.’ 4 Then he left the land of the ...

Stephen’s Defense. 7 The high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And he said, “Hear me, () brethren and fathers! The God of glory () appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [] Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘ Leave your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he left the land of the Chaldeans …