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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
  2. ¶ And he said, “Hear me, 1brethren and fathers! 2The God of glory 3appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [a]Haran,
  3. and said to him, ‘4LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.’
  4. 5Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in [b]Haran. 6From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.
  5. But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had no child, 7He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM.
  6. But 8God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD [c]BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
  7. ‘AND WHATEVER NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,’ said God, ‘AND 9AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND [d]SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.’
  8. And He 10gave him [e]the covenant of circumcision; and so 11Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and 12Isaac became the father of Jacob, and 13Jacob of the twelve 14patriarchs.
  9. ¶ “The patriarchs 15became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
  10. and rescued him from all his afflictions, and 16granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.
  11. ¶ “Now 17a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers [f]could find no food.
  12. But 18when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.
  13. On the second visit 19Joseph [g]made himself known to his brothers, and 20Joseph’s family was disclosed to Pharaoh.
  14. Then 21Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, 22seventy-five [h]23persons in all.
  15. And 24Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.
  16. From there they were removed to [i]25Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of [j]Hamor in [k]Shechem.
  17. ¶ “But as the 26time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, 27the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
  18. until 28THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.
  19. It was he who took 29shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would [l]30expose their infants and they would not survive.
  20. It was at this time that 31Moses was born; and he was lovely [m]in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father’s home.
  21. And after he had been set outside, 32Pharaoh’s daughter [n]took him away and nurtured him as her own son.
  22. Moses was educated in all 33the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.
  23. But when he was approaching the age of forty, 34it entered his [o]mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
  24. And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
  25. And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them [p]deliverance [q]through him, but they did not understand.
  26. 35On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’
  27. But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘36WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?
  28. 37YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?’
  29. At this remark, 38MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF [r]MIDIAN, where he 39became the father of two sons.
  30. ¶ “After forty years had passed, 40AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH.
  31. When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:
  32. ‘41I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB.’ Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.
  33. 42BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, ‘43TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.
  34. 44I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM; [s]45COME NOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.’
  35. ¶ “This Moses whom they 46disowned, saying, ‘WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?’ is the one whom God [t]sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the [u]help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.
  36. 47This man led them out, performing 48wonders and [v]signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the 49wilderness for forty years.
  37. This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘50GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET [w]LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.’
  38. This is the one who was in 51the [x]congregation in the wilderness together with 52the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received 53living 54oracles to pass on to you.
  39. Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but 55repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
  40. 56SAYING TO AARON, ‘MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT—WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.’
  41. [y]At that time 57they made a [z]calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in 58the works of their hands.
  42. But God 59turned away and delivered them up to [aa]serve the [ab]host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘60IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES 61FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
  43. 62YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GOD [ac]ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.’
  44. ¶ “Our fathers had 63the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it 64according to the pattern which he had seen.
  45. And having received it in their turn, our fathers 65brought it in with [ad]Joshua upon dispossessing the [ae]nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.
  46. 66David found favor in God’s sight, and 67asked that he might find a dwelling place for the [af]God of Jacob.
  47. But it was 68Solomon who built a house for Him.
  48. However, 69the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
  49. ¶ ‘70HEAVEN IS MY THRONE,
    AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET;
    WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord,
    ‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
  50. ‘71WAS IT NOT MY HAND WHICH MADE ALL THESE THINGS?’
  51. ¶ “You men who are 72stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
  52. 73Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of 74the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers 75you have now become;
  53. you who received the law as 76ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”
  54. ¶ Now when they heard this, they were 77cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.
  55. But being 78full of the Holy Spirit, he 79gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing 80at the right hand of God;
  56. and he said, “Behold, I see the 81heavens opened up and 82the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
  57. But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.
  58. When they had 83driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and 84the witnesses 85laid aside their robes at the feet of 86a young man named Saul.
  59. They went on stoning Stephen as he 87called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
  60. Then 88falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, 89do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he [ag]90fell asleep.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Gr Charran
  2. ^ Gr Charran
  3. ^ Lit enslave them and mistreat them
  4. ^ Or worship
  5. ^ Or a
  6. ^ Lit were not finding
  7. ^ Or was made known
  8. ^ Lit souls
  9. ^ Gr Sychem
  10. ^ Gr Emmor
  11. ^ Gr Sychem
  12. ^ Or put out to die
  13. ^ Lit to God
  14. ^ Or adopted him
  15. ^ Lit heart
  16. ^ Or salvation
  17. ^ Lit through his hand
  18. ^ Gr Madiam
  19. ^ Lit and now come!
  20. ^ Lit has sent
  21. ^ Lit hand
  22. ^ Or attesting miracles
  23. ^ Or as He raised up me
  24. ^ Gr ekklesia
  25. ^ Lit in those days
  26. ^ Or young bull
  27. ^ Or worship
  28. ^ I.e. heavenly bodies
  29. ^ Other mss spell it: Romphan, or Rempham, or Raiphan, or Rephan
  30. ^ Gr Jesus
  31. ^ Or Gentiles
  32. ^ The earliest mss read house instead of God; the Septuagint reads God
  33. ^ I.e. died

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 22:1
  2. ^ Ps 29:3; 1Co 2:8
  3. ^ Ge 11:31; 15:7
  4. ^ Ge 12:1
  5. ^ Ge 11:31; 15:7
  6. ^ Ge 12:4, 5
  7. ^ Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 17:8
  8. ^ Ge 15:13f
  9. ^ Ex 3:12
  10. ^ Ge 17:10ff
  11. ^ Ge 21:2-4
  12. ^ Ge 25:26
  13. ^ Ge 29:31ff; 30:5ff; 35:23ff
  14. ^ Ac 2:29
  15. ^ Ge 37:11, 28; 39:2, 21f; 45:4
  16. ^ Ge 39:21; 41:40-46; Ps 105:21
  17. ^ Ge 41:54f; 42:5
  18. ^ Ge 42:2
  19. ^ Ge 45:1-4
  20. ^ Ge 45:16
  21. ^ Ge 45:9, 10, 17, 18
  22. ^ Ge 46:26f; Ex 1:5; De 10:22
  23. ^ Ac 2:41
  24. ^ Ge 46:1-7; 49:33; Ex 1:6
  25. ^ Ge 23:16; 33:19; 50:13; Jos 24:32
  26. ^ Ge 15:13
  27. ^ Ex 1:7f
  28. ^ Ex 1:8
  29. ^ Ex 1:10f, 16ff
  30. ^ Ex 1:22
  31. ^ Ex 2:2; Heb 11:23
  32. ^ Ex 2:5f, 10
  33. ^ 1Ki 4:30; Is 19:11
  34. ^ Ex 2:11f; Heb 11:24-26
  35. ^ Ex 2:13f
  36. ^ Ex 2:14; Ac 7:35
  37. ^ Ex 2:14
  38. ^ Ex 2:15, 22
  39. ^ Ex 18:3, 4
  40. ^ Ex 3:1f; Is 63:9
  41. ^ Ex 3:6; Mt 22:32
  42. ^ Ex 3:5
  43. ^ Jos 5:15
  44. ^ Ex 3:7f
  45. ^ Ex 3:10
  46. ^ Ex 2:14; Ac 7:27
  47. ^ Ex 12:41; 33:1; Heb 8:9
  48. ^ Ex 7:3; 14:21; Jn 4:48
  49. ^ Ex 16:35; Nu 14:33; Ps 95:8-10; Ac 7:42; 13:18; Heb 3:8f
  50. ^ De 18:15, 18; Ac 3:22
  51. ^ Ex 19:17
  52. ^ Ac 7:53
  53. ^ De 32:47; Heb 4:12
  54. ^ Ro 3:2; Heb 5:12; 1Pe 4:11
  55. ^ Nu 14:3f
  56. ^ Ex 32:1, 23
  57. ^ Ex 32:4, 6
  58. ^ Re 9:20
  59. ^ Jos 24:20; Is 63:10; Je 19:13; Eze 20:39
  60. ^ Am 5:25
  61. ^ Ac 7:36
  62. ^ Am 5:26, 27
  63. ^ Ex 25:8, 9; 38:21
  64. ^ Ex 25:40
  65. ^ De 32:49; Jos 3:14ff; 18:1; 23:9; 24:18; Ps 44:2f
  66. ^ 2Sa 7:8ff; Ps 132:1-5; Ac 13:22
  67. ^ 2Sa 7:1-16; 1Ch 17:1-14
  68. ^ 1Ki 6:1-38; 8:20; 2Ch 3:1-17
  69. ^ Lu 1:32
  70. ^ Is 66:1; Mt 5:34f
  71. ^ Is 66:2
  72. ^ Ex 32:9; 33:3, 5; Le 26:41; Nu 27:14; Is 63:10; Je 6:10; 9:26
  73. ^ 2Ch 36:15f; Mt 5:12; 23:31, 37
  74. ^ Ac 3:14; 22:14; 1Jo 2:1
  75. ^ Ac 3:14; 5:28
  76. ^ De 33:2; Ac 7:38; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2
  77. ^ Ac 5:33
  78. ^ Ac 2:4
  79. ^ Jn 11:41
  80. ^ Mr 16:19
  81. ^ Jn 1:51
  82. ^ Mt 8:20
  83. ^ Le 24:14, 16; Lu 4:29
  84. ^ De 13:9f; 17:7; Ac 6:13
  85. ^ Ac 22:20
  86. ^ Ac 8:1; 22:20; 26:10
  87. ^ Ac 9:14, 21; 22:16; Ro 10:12-14; 1Co 1:2; 2Ti 2:22
  88. ^ Lu 22:41
  89. ^ Mt 5:44; Lu 23:34
  90. ^ Da 12:2; Mt 27:52; Jn 11:11f; Ac 13:36; 1Co 15:6, 18, 20; 1Th 4:13ff; 2Pe 3:4

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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