1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Acts 7

1 Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy, 2 sheweth that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers 20 before Moses was born, and before the Tabernacle and Temple were built: 37 that Moses himself witnessed of Christ, 44 and that all outward ceremonies were ordained according to the heavenly pattern, to last but for a time: 51 reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, the Just One, whom the prophets foretold should come into the world. 54 Whereupon they stone him to death, who commendeth his soul to Jesus, and humbly prayeth for them.

 7:1 The high 749 priest 749 said 3004, “Are these 3778 things 3778 so 3779?”

 7:2 ¶ And he said 5346, “Hear 191 me, brethren 435 80 and fathers 3962! The God 2316 of glory 1391 appeared 3708 to our father 3962 Abraham 11 when he was in Mesopotamia 3318, before 4250 he lived 2730 in Haran 5488,

 7:3 and said 3004 to him, ‘LEAVE 1831 YOUR COUNTRY 1093 AND YOUR RELATIVES 4772, AND COME 1204 INTO THE LAND 1093 THAT I WILL SHOW 1166 YOU.’

 7:4 “Then 5119 he left 1831 the land 1093 of the Chaldeans 5466 and settled 2730 in Haran 5488. From there 2547, after 3326 his father 3962 died 599, [God] had him move 3351 to this 3778 country 1093 in which 3739 you are now 3568 living 2730.

 7:5 “But He gave 1325 him no 3756 inheritance 2817 in it, not even 3761 a foot 4228 of ground 968, and [yet], even when he had no 3756 child 5043, He promised 1861 that HE WOULD GIVE 1325 IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION 2697, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS 4690 AFTER 3326 HIM.

 7:6 “But God 2316 spoke 2980 to this 3779 effect 3779, that his DESCENDANTS 4690 WOULD BE ALIENS 3941 IN A FOREIGN 245 LAND 1093, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED 1402 AND MISTREATED 2559 FOR FOUR 5071 HUNDRED 5071 YEARS 2094.

 7:7 “ ‘AND WHATEVER 3739 1437 NATION 1484 TO WHICH 3739 THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE 1398 I MYSELF 1473 WILL JUDGE 2919,’ said 3004 God 2316, ‘AND AFTER 3326 THAT THEY WILL COME 1831 OUT AND SERVE 3000 ME IN THIS 3778 PLACE 5117.’

 7:8 “And He gave 1325 him the covenant 1242 of circumcision 4061; and so 3779 [Abraham] became 1080 the father 1080 of Isaac 2464, and circumcised 4059 him on the eighth 3590 day 2250; and Isaac 2464 [became the father of] Jacob 2384, and Jacob 2384 [of] the twelve 1427 patriarchs 3966.

 7:9 ¶ “The patriarchs 3966 became jealous 2206 of Joseph 2501 and sold 591 him into Egypt 125. [Yet] God 2316 was with him,

 7:10 and rescued 1807 him from all 3956 his afflictions 2347, and granted 1325 him favor 5485 and wisdom 4678 in the sight 1727 of Pharaoh 5328, king 935 of Egypt 125, and he made 2525 him governor 2233 over 1909 Egypt 125 and all 3650 his household 3624.

 7:11 ¶ “Now 1161 a famine 3042 came 2064 over 1909 all 3650 Egypt 125 and Canaan 5477, and great 3173 affliction 2347 [with it], and our fathers 3962 could find 2147 no 3756 food 5527.

 7:12 “But when Jacob 2384 heard 191 that there was grain 4619a in Egypt 125, he sent 1821 our fathers 3962 [there] the first 4413 time 4413.

 7:13 “On the second 1208 [visit] Joseph 2501 made 1107 himself known 1107 to his brothers 80, and Joseph’s 2501 family 1085 was disclosed 5318 to Pharaoh 5328.

 7:14 “Then 2532 Joseph 2501 sent 649 [word] and invited 3333 Jacob 2384 his father 3962 and all 3956 his relatives 4772 to come to him, seventy-five 1440 4002 persons 5590 [in all].

 7:15 “And Jacob 2384 went 2597 down 2597 to Egypt 125 and [there] he and our fathers 3962 died 5053.

 7:16 “[From there] they were removed 3346a to Shechem 4966 and laid 5087 in the tomb 3418 which 3739 Abraham 11 had purchased 5608 for a sum 5092 of money 694 from the sons 5207 of Hamor 1697 in Shechem 4966.

 7:17 ¶ “But as the time 5550 of the promise 1860 was approaching 1448 which 3739 God 2316 had assured 3670 to Abraham 11, the people 2992 increased 837 and multiplied 4129 in Egypt 125,

 7:18 until 891 THERE AROSE 450 ANOTHER 2087 KING 935 OVER 1909 EGYPT 125 WHO 3739 KNEW 3609a NOTHING 3756 ABOUT 3609a JOSEPH 2501.

 7:19 “It was he who took 2686 shrewd 2686 advantage 2686 of our race 1085 and mistreated 2559 our fathers 3962 so that they would expose 4160 1570 their infants 1025 and they would not survive 2225.

 7:20 “It was at this 3739 time 2540 that Moses 3475 was born 1080; and he was lovely 791 in the sight 3588 of God 2316, and he was nurtured 397 three 5140 months 3376 in his father’s 3962 home 3624.

 7:21 “And after he had been set 1620 outside 1620, Pharaoh’s 5328 daughter 2364 took 337 him away 337 and nurtured 397 him as her own 1438 son 5207.

 7:22 “Moses 3475 was educated 3811 in all 3956 the learning 4678 of the Egyptians 124, and he was a man 1415 of power 1415 in words 3056 and deeds 2041.

 7:23 “But when 5613 he was approaching 4137 the age 5550 of forty 5066a, it entered 305 his mind 2588 to visit 1980a his brethren 80, the sons 5207 of Israel 2274.

 7:24 “And when he saw 3708 one 5100 [of them] being treated 91 unjustly 91, he defended 292a him and took 4160 vengeance 1557 for the oppressed 2669 by striking 3960 down 3960 the Egyptian 124.

 7:25 “And he supposed 3543 that his brethren 80 understood 4920 that God 2316 was granting 1325 them deliverance 4991 through 1223 him, but they did not understand 4920.

 7:26 “On the following 1897a day 2250 he appeared 3708 to them as they were fighting 3164 together 3164, and he tried to reconcile 4871b them in peace 1515, saying 3004, ‘Men 435, you are brethren 80, why 2443 5101 do you injure 91 one 240 another 240?’

 7:27 “But the one who was injuring 91 his neighbor 4139 pushed 683 him away 683, saying 3004, ‘WHO 5101 MADE 2525 YOU A RULER 758 AND JUDGE 1348 OVER 1909 US?

 7:28 ‘YOU DO NOT MEAN 2309 TO KILL 337 ME AS YOU KILLED 337 THE EGYPTIAN 124 YESTERDAY 2189a, DO YOU?’

 7:29 “At this 3778 remark 3056, MOSES 3475 FLED 5343 AND BECAME 1096 AN ALIEN 3941 IN THE LAND 1093 OF MIDIAN 3099, where 3757 he became 1080 the father 1080 of two 1417 sons 5207.

 7:30 ¶ “After forty 5065b years 2094 had passed 4137, AN ANGEL 32a APPEARED 3708 TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS 2048 OF MOUNT 3735 Sinai 4614, IN THE FLAME 5395 OF A BURNING 4442 THORN 942 BUSH 942.

 7:31 “When Moses 3475 saw 3708 it, he marveled 2296 at the sight 3705; and as he approached 4334 to look 2657 [more] closely 2657, there came 1096 the voice 5456 of the Lord 2962:

 7:32 ‘I AM THE GOD 2316 OF YOUR FATHERS 3962, THE GOD 2316 OF ABRAHAM 11 AND ISAAC 2464 AND JACOB 2384.’ Moses 3475 shook 1790 with fear 1790 and would not venture 5111 to look 2657.

 7:33 “BUT THE LORD 2962 SAID 3004 TO HIM, ‘TAKE 3089 OFF 3089 THE SANDALS 5266 FROM YOUR FEET 4228, FOR THE PLACE 5117 ON WHICH 3739 YOU ARE STANDING 2476 IS HOLY 40 GROUND 1093.

 7:34 ‘I HAVE CERTAINLY 3708 SEEN 3708 THE OPPRESSION 2561 OF MY PEOPLE 2992 IN EGYPT 125 AND HAVE HEARD 191 THEIR GROANS 4726, AND I HAVE COME 2597 DOWN 2597 TO RESCUE 1807 THEM; COME 1204 NOW 3568, AND I WILL SEND 649 YOU TO EGYPT 125.’

 7:35 ¶ “This 3778 Moses 3475 whom 3739 they disowned 720, saying 3004, ‘WHO 5101 MADE 2525 YOU A RULER 758 AND A JUDGE 1348?’ is the one 3778 whom 3778 God 2316 sent 649 [to be] both 2532 a ruler 758 and a deliverer 3086 with the help 5495 of the angel 32a who appeared 3708 to him in the thorn 942 bush 942.

 7:36 “This 3778 man 3778 led 1806 them out, performing 4160 wonders 5059 and signs 4592 in the land 1093 of Egypt 125 and in the Red 2063 Sea 2281 and in the wilderness 2048 for forty 5065b years 2094.

 7:37 “This 3778 is the Moses 3475 who said 3004 to the sons 5207 of Israel 2274, ‘GOD 2316 WILL RAISE 450 UP FOR YOU A PROPHET 4396 LIKE 5613 ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN 80.’

 7:38 “This 3778 is the one who was in the congregation 1577 in the wilderness 2048 together 3326 with the angel 32a who was speaking 2980 to him on Mount 3735 Sinai 4614, and [who was] with our fathers 3962; and he received 1209 living 2198 oracles 3051 to pass 1325 on to you.

 7:39 “Our fathers 3962 were unwilling 3756 2309 to be obedient 5255 to him, but repudiated 683 him and in their hearts 2588 turned 4762 back 4762 to Egypt 125,

 7:40 SAYING 3004 TO AARON 2, ‘MAKE 4160 FOR US GODS 2316 WHO 3739 WILL GO 4313 BEFORE 4313 US; FOR THIS 3778 MOSES 3475 WHO 3739 LED 1806 US OUT OF THE LAND 1093 OF EGYPT 125—WE DO NOT KNOW 3609a WHAT 5101 HAPPENED 1096 TO HIM.’

 7:41 “At that time 2250 they made 3447 a calf 3447 and brought 321 a sacrifice 2378 to the idol 1497, and were rejoicing 2165 in the works 2041 of their hands 5495.

 7:42 “But God 2316 turned 4762 away 4762 and delivered 3860 them up to serve 3000 the host 4756 of heaven 3772; as it is written 1125 in the book 976 of the prophets 4396, ‘IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED 4374 VICTIMS 4968 AND SACRIFICES 2378 FORTY 5065b YEARS 2094 IN THE WILDERNESS 2048, WAS IT, O HOUSE 3624 OF ISRAEL 2274?

 7:43 ‘YOU ALSO 2532 TOOK 353 ALONG THE TABERNACLE 4633 OF MOLOCH 3434 AND THE STAR 798 OF THE GOD 2316 ROMPHA 4501a, THE IMAGES 5179b WHICH 3739 YOU MADE 4160 TO WORSHIP 4352. I ALSO 2532 WILL REMOVE 3351 YOU BEYOND 1900 BABYLON 897.’

 7:44 ¶ “Our fathers 3962 had 1510 the tabernacle 4633 of testimony 3142 in the wilderness 2048, just 2531a as He who spoke 2980 to Moses 3475 directed 1299 [him] to make 4160 it according 2596 to the pattern 5179b which 3739 he had seen 3708.

 7:45 “And having received 1237 it in their turn 1237, our fathers 3962 brought 1521 it in with Joshua 2424 upon dispossessing 2697 the nations 1484 whom 3739 God 2316 drove 1856 out before 575 4383 our fathers 3962, until 2193 the time 2250 of David 1160b.

 7:46 “[David] found 2147 favor 5485 in God’s 2316 sight 1799, and asked 154 that he might find 2147 a dwelling 4638 place 4638 for the God 2316 of Jacob 2384.

 7:47 “But it was Solomon 4672 who built 3618 a house 3624 for Him.

 7:48 “However 235, the Most 5310 High 5310 does not dwell 2730 in [houses] made 5499 by [human] hands 5499; as the prophet 4396 says 3004:

 7:49 ‘HEAVEN 3772 IS MY THRONE 2362, AND EARTH 1093 IS THE FOOTSTOOL 5286 OF MY FEET 4228; WHAT 4169 KIND 4169 OF HOUSE 3624 WILL YOU BUILD 3618 FOR ME?’ says 3004 the Lord 2962, ‘OR 2228 WHAT 5101 PLACE 5117 IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE 2663?

 7:50 ‘WAS IT NOT MY HAND 5495 WHICH MADE 4160 ALL 3956 THESE 3778 THINGS 3778?’

 7:51 ¶ “You men who are stiff-necked 4644 and uncircumcised 564 in heart 2588 and ears 3775 are always 104 resisting 496 the Holy 40 Spirit 4151; you are doing just 5613 as your fathers 3962 did.

 7:52 “Which 5101 one 5101 of the prophets 4396 did your fathers 3962 not persecute 1377? They killed 615 those 3588 who had previously 4293 announced 4293 the coming 1660 of the Righteous 1342 One 1342, whose 3739 betrayers 4273 and murderers 5406 you have now 3568 become 1096;

 7:53 you who 3748 received 2983 the law 3551 as ordained 1296 by angels 32a, and [yet] did not keep 5442 it.”

 7:54 ¶ Now 1161 when they heard 191 this 3778, they were cut 1282 to the quick 2588, and they [began] gnashing 1031 their teeth 3599 at him.

 7:55 But being 5225 full 4134 of the Holy 40 Spirit 4151, he gazed 816 intently 816 into heaven 3772 and saw 3708 the glory 1391 of God 2316, and Jesus 2424 standing 2476 at the right 1188 hand 1188 of God 2316;

 7:56 and he said 3004, “Behold 2400, I see 2334 the heavens 3772 opened 1272 up and the Son 5207 of Man 444 standing 2476 at the right 1188 hand 1188 of God 2316.”

 7:57 But they cried 2896 out with a loud 3173 voice 5456, and covered 4912 their ears 3775 and rushed 3729 at him with one 3661 impulse 3661.

 7:58 When they had driven 1544b him out of the city 4172, they [began] stoning 3036 [him]; and the witnesses 3144 laid 659 aside 659 their robes 2440 at the feet 4228 of a young 3494 man 3494 named 2564 Saul 4569.

 7:59 They went 3036 on stoning 3036 Stephen 4736 as he called 1941 on [the Lord] and said 3004, “Lord 2962 Jesus 2424, receive 1209 my spirit 4151!”

 7:60 Then 2532 falling 5087 on his knees 1119, he cried 2896 out with a loud 3173 voice 5456, “Lord 2962, do not hold 2476 this 3778 sin 266 against them!” Having said 3004 this 3778, he fell 2837 asleep 2837.