Acts 7 KJV
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Then said the high priest, Are these things so? Stephen addresses the council
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, Stephen addresses the council Abraham God Haran Mesopotamia
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 addresses the council
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. Stephen addresses the council Haran Chaldea
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. Stephen addresses the council
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. Stephen addresses the council God
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. Stephen addresses the council God
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. Stephen addresses the council Abraham Isaac Jacob
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, Stephen addresses the council God Joseph Egypt
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. Stephen addresses the council Pharaoh Egypt
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. Stephen addresses the council Egypt Canaan
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. Stephen addresses the council Jacob Egypt
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Stephen addresses the council Joseph Pharaoh
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. Stephen addresses the council Jacob Joseph Egypt
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, Stephen addresses the council Jacob Egypt
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. Stephen addresses the council Abraham Hamor Shechem Shechem
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Stephen addresses the council Abraham God Egypt
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. Stephen addresses the council Joseph Pharaoh Egypt
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. Stephen addresses the council Nile
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months: Stephen addresses the council God Moses
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. Stephen addresses the council Pharaoh Daughter of Pharaoh Pharaoh
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. Stephen addresses the council Moses Egypt
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. Stephen addresses the council Moses fled from Pharaoh Jacob
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: Stephen addresses the council Egypt
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. Stephen addresses the council God
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? Stephen addresses the council
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? Stephen addresses the council
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? Stephen addresses the council Egypt
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. Stephen addresses the council Moses Midian
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. Stephen addresses the council Jesus Christ Mount Sinai
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, Stephen addresses the council God Moses Jesus Christ
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. Stephen addresses the council God Jesus Christ
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. Stephen addresses the council Egypt
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. Stephen addresses the council God Moses
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. Stephen addresses the council Egypt Red Sea
¶ 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. Stephen addresses the council God Jacob Moses Jesus Christ
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: Stephen addresses the council Mount Sinai
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Stephen addresses the council Egypt
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. Stephen addresses the council Moses Aaron Egypt
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Stephen addresses the council
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? Stephen addresses the council God Jacob
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. Stephen addresses the council Babylon
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. Stephen addresses the council Moses
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; Stephen addresses the council God David Joshua
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Stephen addresses the council God Jacob
But Solomon built him an house. Stephen addresses the council Solomon
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Stephen addresses the council God
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? Stephen addresses the council God Jesus Christ
Hath not my hand made all these things? Stephen addresses the council
¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye. Stephen addresses the council Holy Spirit
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: Stephen addresses the council God
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it.] Stephen addresses the council
¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth. Stephen is stoned
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, Stephen is stoned God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Stephen is stoned God Jesus Christ
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Stephen is stoned
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. Stephen is stoned Paul
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Stephen is stoned God Jesus Christ Stephen
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. Stephen is stoned God Jesus Christ