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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of Acts—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ But the high priest said: “Are these things so?”
  2. He said: “Men, brothers and fathers, hear. The God of glory1 appeared to our forefather Abraham while he was in Mes·o·po·taʹmi·a, before he took up residence in Haʹran,2
  3. and he said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives and come on into the land I shall show you.’3
  4. Then he went out from the land of the Chal·deʹans and took up residence in Haʹran. And from there, after his father died,4 [God][a] caused him to change his residence to this land in which YOU now dwell.5
  5. And yet he did not give him any inheritable possession in it, no, not a footbreadth;6 but he promised to give it to him as a possession,7 and after him to his seed,[b]8 while as yet he had no child.9
  6. Moreover, God spoke to this effect, that his seed would be alien residents10 in a foreign land11 and [the people] would enslave them and afflict [them] for four hundred years.12
  7. ‘And that nation for which they will slave I shall judge,’13 God said, ‘and after these things they will come out and will render sacred service[c] to me in this place.’14
  8. ¶ “He also gave him a covenant of circumcision;15 and thus he became the father of Isaac16 and circumcised him on the eighth day,17 and Isaac of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve family heads.18
  9. And the family heads became jealous19 of Joseph and sold him into Egypt.20 But God was with him,21
  10. and he delivered him out of all his tribulations and gave him graciousness and wisdom in the sight of Pharʹaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him to govern Egypt and his whole house.22
  11. But a famine came upon the whole of Egypt and Caʹnaan, even a great tribulation; and our forefathers were not finding any provisions.23
  12. But Jacob heard there were foodstuffs in Egypt24 and he sent our forefathers out the first time.25
  13. And during the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers;26 and the family stock of Joseph became manifest to Pharʹaoh.27
  14. So Joseph sent out and called Jacob his father and all his relatives from that place,28 to the number of seventy-five souls.[d]29
  15. Jacob went down into Egypt.[e]30 And he deceased;31 and so did our forefathers,32
  16. and they were transferred to Sheʹchem[f]33 and were laid in the tomb34 that Abraham had bought for a price with silver money from the sons of Haʹmor[g] in Sheʹchem.35
  17. ¶ “Just as the time was approaching for [fulfillment of] the promise that God had openly declared to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,36
  18. until there rose a different king over Egypt, who did not know of Joseph.37
  19. This one used statecraft against our race[h]38 and wrongfully forced the fathers to expose their infants, that they might not be preserved alive.39
  20. In that particular time Moses was born,40 and he was divinely beautiful.[i]41 And he was nursed three months in [his] father’s home.
  21. But when he was exposed, the daughter of Pharʹaoh picked him up and brought him up as her own son.42
  22. Consequently Moses was instructed in all the wisdom43 of the Egyptians. In fact, he was powerful in his words44 and deeds.
  23. ¶ “Now when the time of his fortieth year was being fulfilled, it came into his heart to make an inspection of his brothers, the sons of Israel.45
  24. And when he caught sight of a certain one being unjustly treated, he defended him and executed vengeance for the one being abused by striking the Egyptian down.46
  25. He was supposing his brothers would grasp that God was giving them salvation by his hand,47 but they did not grasp [it].
  26. And the next day he appeared to them as they were fighting, and he tried to bring them together again in peace,48 saying, ‘Men, YOU are brothers. Why do YOU treat each other unjustly?’49
  27. But the one that was treating his neighbor unjustly thrust him away, saying, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge over us?50
  28. You do not want to do away with me in the same manner that you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’51
  29. At this speech Moses took to flight and became an alien resident in the land of Midʹi·an,52 where he became the father of two sons.53
  30. ¶ “And when forty years were fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Siʹnai an angel[j] in the fiery flame of a thornbush.54
  31. Now when Moses saw it he marveled at the sight.55 But as he was approaching to investigate, Jehovah’s[k] voice came,
  32. ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’56 Seized with trembling, Moses did not dare to investigate further.
  33. Jehovah[l] said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.57
  34. I have certainly seen the wrongful treatment of my people who are in Egypt,58 and I have heard their groaning59 and I have come down to deliver them.60 And now come, I will send you off to Egypt.’61
  35. This Moses, whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge?’62 this man God sent off63 as both ruler and deliverer[m] by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the thornbush.
  36. This man led them out64 after doing portents and signs in Egypt65 and in the Red Sea66 and in the wilderness for forty years.67
  37. ¶ “This is the Moses that said to the sons of Israel, ‘God[n] will raise up for YOU from among YOUR brothers a prophet like me.’68
  38. This is he69 that came to be among the congregation70 in the wilderness with the angel71 that spoke to him on Mount Siʹnai and with our forefathers, and he received living sacred pronouncements72 to give YOU.
  39. To him our forefathers refused to become obedient, but they thrust him aside73 and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,74
  40. saying to Aaron, ‘Make gods for us to go ahead of us. For this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’75
  41. So they made a calf in those days76 and brought up a sacrifice to the idol and began to enjoy themselves in the works of their hands.77
  42. So God turned and handed them over78 to render sacred service to the army of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets,79 ‘It was not to me that YOU offered victims and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, was it, O house of Israel?80
  43. But it was the tent of Moʹloch81 and the star82 of the god Reʹphan that YOU took up, the figures which YOU made to worship them. Consequently I will deport83 YOU beyond Babylon.’[o]
  44. ¶ “Our forefathers had the tent of the witness[p] in the wilderness, just as he gave orders when speaking to Moses to make it according to the pattern[q] he had seen.84
  45. And our forefathers who succeeded to it also brought it in with Joshua[r]85 into the land possessed by the nations,86 whom God thrust out from before our forefathers.87 Here it remained until the days of David.
  46. He found favor88 in the sight of God and asked for [the privilege of] providing[s] a habitation89 for the God of Jacob.
  47. However, Solʹo·mon built a house for him.90
  48. Nevertheless, the Most High does not dwell in houses[t] made with hands;91 just as the prophet says,
  49. ‘The heaven is my throne,92 and the earth is my footstool.93 What sort of house will YOU build for me? Jehovah[u] says. Or what is the place for my resting?94
  50. My hand made all these things, did it not?’95
  51. ¶ “Obstinate[v] men and uncircumcised in hearts96 and ears, YOU are always resisting the holy spirit; as YOUR forefathers did, so YOU do.97
  52. Which one of the prophets did YOUR forefathers not persecute?98 Yes, they killed99 those who made announcement in advance concerning the coming of the righteous One,100 whose betrayers and murderers YOU have now become,101
  53. YOU who received the Law as transmitted by angels[w]102 but have not kept it.”
  54. ¶ Well, at hearing these things they felt cut to their hearts103 and began to gnash[x]104 their teeth at him.
  55. But he, being full of holy spirit, gazed into heaven and caught sight of God’s glory and of Jesus standing at God’s right hand,105
  56. and he said: “Look! I behold the heavens opened106 up and the Son of man107 standing at God’s right hand.”108
  57. At this they cried out at the top of the voice and put their hands over their ears109 and rushed upon him with one accord.
  58. And after throwing him outside the city,110 they began casting stones at him.111 And the witnesses112 laid down their outer garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.113
  59. And they went on casting stones at Stephen as he made appeal[y] and said: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”114
  60. Then, bending his knees, he cried out with a strong voice: “Jehovah,[z] do not charge this sin against them.”115 And after saying this he fell asleep [in death].

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “He,” referring to the “God of glory” in vs 2.
  2. ^ Or, “offspring; posterity.”
  3. ^ “Will render sacred service.” Gr., la·treuʹsou·sinʹ; J17,18,22(Heb.), weya·ʽav·dhuʹni, “and they will serve (worship) me.” See Ex 3:12 ftn.
  4. ^ See Ge 46:20, 27 ftns.
  5. ^ “Into Egypt.” B omits.
  6. ^ “Shechem,” SyhJ17,18,22; אAB, “Sychem.”
  7. ^ Lit., “Emmor.”
  8. ^ “Race.” Gr., geʹnos; different from ge·ne·aʹ, “generation,” as in Mt 24:34.
  9. ^ Or, “extremely beautiful.” Lit., “beautiful to the God.” Gr., a·steiʹos toi The·oiʹ. Compare Jon 3:3 ftn, “God.”
  10. ^ “An angel,” P74אABCVg; DSyp, “an angel of [the] Lord”; J7,8,10-17, “Jehovah’s angel.”
  11. ^ See App 1D.
  12. ^ See App 1D.
  13. ^ Or, “and redeemer.” Gr., kai ly·tro·tenʹ; Lat., et re·dem·ptoʹrem; J17(Heb.), wegho·ʼelʹ.
  14. ^ “God,” אABVg; CSyp, “The Lord God”; J7,8,10-17, “Jehovah your God.”
  15. ^ Gr., Ba·by·loʹnos; J17,18,22(Heb.), leVa·velʹ, “beyond Babel.”
  16. ^ Or, “the tabernacle of the testimony.”
  17. ^ Or, “type.” Gr., tyʹpon.
  18. ^ “Jehoshua,” J17,18,22; אAB, “Jesus.”
  19. ^ Or, “finding.”
  20. ^ Or, “things; places.”
  21. ^ See App 1D.
  22. ^ Or, “Stiff-necked.”
  23. ^ Lit., “the Law as transmissions of angels.” J17, “the Law at the hands of messenger angels”; Lat., leʹgem in dis·po·si·ti·oʹnem an·ge·loʹrum, “the Law by the disposition of angels.” In 2Ch 23:18 Vg uses dis·po·si·ti·oʹnem in the translation “by the hands of.”
  24. ^ Or, “grind; clench.”
  25. ^ Or, “invocation; prayer.”
  26. ^ See App 1D.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 29:3
  2. ^ Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7
  3. ^ Ge 12:1
  4. ^ Ge 11:32; Heb 11:8
  5. ^ Ge 12:4
  6. ^ De 2:5
  7. ^ Ge 17:8; Ex 6:8
  8. ^ Ge 48:4; De 32:49; Ne 9:24
  9. ^ Ge 12:7; 13:15
  10. ^ Ge 15:13; Ps 39:12; 1Pe 2:11
  11. ^ Ex 12:40
  12. ^ Ge 15:13
  13. ^ Ge 15:14
  14. ^ Ex 3:12
  15. ^ Ge 17:10
  16. ^ Ge 21:1
  17. ^ Ge 21:4; Le 12:3; Lu 2:21
  18. ^ Ge 29:32
  19. ^ Ge 37:11
  20. ^ Ge 37:28; 45:4; Ps 105:17
  21. ^ Ge 39:2
  22. ^ Ge 41:40, 41, 46; Ps 105:21
  23. ^ Ge 41:54; 42:5
  24. ^ Ge 42:2
  25. ^ Ge 42:6
  26. ^ Ge 45:1
  27. ^ Ge 45:16
  28. ^ Ge 45:9
  29. ^ Ge 46:27; De 10:22
  30. ^ Ge 46:29; De 26:5
  31. ^ Ge 49:33
  32. ^ Ex 1:6
  33. ^ Ge 50:13
  34. ^ Ex 13:19; Jos 24:32
  35. ^ Ge 23:16
  36. ^ Ex 1:7
  37. ^ Ex 1:8
  38. ^ Ex 1:10
  39. ^ Ex 1:22
  40. ^ Ex 2:2
  41. ^ Heb 11:23
  42. ^ Ex 2:5, 10
  43. ^ 1Ki 4:30
  44. ^ Ex 11:3; Lu 24:19
  45. ^ Ex 2:11
  46. ^ Ex 2:12
  47. ^ Heb 11:26
  48. ^ Ge 13:8
  49. ^ Ex 2:13
  50. ^ Ac 7:35
  51. ^ Ex 2:14
  52. ^ Ex 2:15
  53. ^ Ex 2:22; 18:3
  54. ^ Ex 3:2; Is 63:9
  55. ^ Ex 3:3
  56. ^ Ge 50:24; Ex 3:6; Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37
  57. ^ Ex 3:5; Jos 5:15
  58. ^ Ex 3:7; De 26:7
  59. ^ Ex 2:24
  60. ^ Ex 3:8
  61. ^ Ex 3:10
  62. ^ Ex 2:14; Ac 7:27
  63. ^ Ex 4:19
  64. ^ Ex 12:41
  65. ^ Ex 7:3; 8:5; 9:10; Ps 105:27
  66. ^ Ex 14:21; 15:5; Heb 11:29
  67. ^ Ex 16:35; Nu 14:33
  68. ^ De 18:15; Ac 3:22
  69. ^ Ex 19:3
  70. ^ De 5:27
  71. ^ De 5:4; Is 63:9; Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2
  72. ^ Ex 21:1; De 9:10; Ro 3:2; 1Pe 4:11
  73. ^ Nu 14:3
  74. ^ Ex 16:3
  75. ^ Ex 32:1, 23
  76. ^ Ex 32:4; De 9:16
  77. ^ Ex 32:6; Ps 106:19
  78. ^ Ps 81:12; Ro 1:24; 2Th 2:11
  79. ^ 2Ki 17:16; Je 7:18
  80. ^ Am 5:25
  81. ^ 1Ki 11:7
  82. ^ De 4:19; Am 5:26
  83. ^ Je 25:11; 29:10; Am 5:27
  84. ^ Ex 25:40; Heb 8:5
  85. ^ De 3:28; 31:3; Jos 3:14
  86. ^ Ge 17:8; Ne 9:24
  87. ^ Jos 23:9; 24:18
  88. ^ Ps 89:20
  89. ^ 2Sa 7:2; 1Ch 22:7; Ps 132:5
  90. ^ 1Ki 6:1; 1Ch 17:12; 2Ch 3:1
  91. ^ Is 66:1; Ac 17:24
  92. ^ Ps 11:4; Mt 5:34
  93. ^ Mt 5:35
  94. ^ Is 66:1
  95. ^ Heb 3:4
  96. ^ Le 26:41; De 10:16
  97. ^ Is 1:4; 63:10; Je 6:10
  98. ^ 2Ch 36:16
  99. ^ Mt 23:31
  100. ^ Ac 3:14; 1Jo 2:1
  101. ^ Is 53:8
  102. ^ Ac 7:38; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2
  103. ^ Ac 5:33
  104. ^ Ps 35:16; 112:10
  105. ^ Ps 110:1; Mt 26:64
  106. ^ Eze 1:1; Mt 3:16; Jn 1:51
  107. ^ Da 7:13
  108. ^ Ro 8:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1
  109. ^ Zc 7:11; Lu 16:24
  110. ^ 1Ki 21:13; Heb 13:12
  111. ^ Le 24:16; Mt 23:37
  112. ^ De 17:7; Jn 16:2
  113. ^ Ac 8:1; 22:20
  114. ^ Ps 31:5
  115. ^ Mt 5:44

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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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