44_ACT_07_01 Then said the high priest , are These things So ?
44_ACT_07_02 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 ,
44_ACT_07_03 And said unto him , get thee out of thy country , And from thy kindred , And come into the land which I shall show thee .
44_ACT_07_04 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans , And dwelt in Charran : And from thence , when his Father was dead , he removed him into this land , wherein ye now dwell .
44_ACT_07_05 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 .
44_ACT_07_06 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 .
44_ACT_07_07 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 .
44_ACT_07_08 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 .
44_ACT_07_09 And the patriarchs , moved with envy , sold Joseph into Egypt : but God was with him ,
44_ACT_07_10 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 .
44_ACT_07_11 now there came A dearth over all the land of Egypt And Chanaan , And great affliction : And our fathers found no sustenance .
44_ACT_07_12 but when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt , he sent out our fathers first .
44_ACT_07_13 And at the second [ time ] Joseph was made known to his brethren ; And Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh .
44_ACT_07_14 Then sent Joseph , And called his Father Jacob to [ him ] , And all his kindred , threescore And fifteen souls .
44_ACT_07_15 So Jacob went down into Egypt , And died , he , And our fathers ,
44_ACT_07_16 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 .
44_ACT_07_17 but when the time of the promise drew nigh , which God had sworn to Abraham , the people grew And multiplied in Egypt ,
44_ACT_07_18 till another king arose , which knew not Joseph .
44_ACT_07_19 the same dealt subtly with our kindred , And evil entreated our fathers , So that they cast out their young children , to the end they might not live .
44_ACT_07_20 in which time Moses was born , And was exceeding fair , And nourished up in his father's house three months :
44_ACT_07_21 And when he was cast out , Pharaoh's daughter took him up , And nourished him for her own son .
44_ACT_07_22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians , And was mighty in words And in deeds .
44_ACT_07_23 And when he was full forty years old , it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel .
44_ACT_07_24 And seeing one [ of them ] suffer wrong , he defended [ him ] , And avenged him that was oppressed , And smote the Egyptian :
44_ACT_07_25 for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them : but they understood not .
44_ACT_07_26 And the next day he showed 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 ?
44_ACT_07_27 but he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away , saying , who made thee A ruler And A judge over us ?
44_ACT_07_28 Wilt thou kill me , as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday ?
44_ACT_07_29 Then fled Moses at this saying , And was A stranger in the land of Madian , where he begat two sons .
44_ACT_07_30 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 .
44_ACT_07_31 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 ,
44_ACT_07_32 [ saying ] , I [ am ] the God of thy fathers , the God of Abraham , And the God of Isaac , And the God of Jacob . Then Moses trembled , And durst not behold .
44_ACT_07_33 Then said the LORD to him , put off thy shoes from thy feet : for the place where thou standest Is holy ground .
44_ACT_07_34 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 .
44_ACT_07_35 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 .
44_ACT_07_36 he brought them out , after that he had showed wonders And signs in the land of Egypt , And in the red sea , And in the wilderness forty years .
44_ACT_07_37 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 .
44_ACT_07_38 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 :
44_ACT_07_39 to whom our fathers would not obey , but thrust [ him ] from them , And in their hearts turned back again into Egypt ,
44_ACT_07_40 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 .
44_ACT_07_41 And they made A calf in those days , And offered sacrifice unto the idol , And rejoiced in the works of their own hands .
44_ACT_07_42 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 ?
44_ACT_07_43 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 .
44_ACT_07_44 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 .
44_ACT_07_45 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 ;
44_ACT_07_46 who found favour before God , And desired to find A tabernacle for the God of Jacob .
44_ACT_07_47 but Solomon built him an house .
44_ACT_07_48 Howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; as saith the prophet ,
44_ACT_07_49 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 ?
44_ACT_07_50 hath not my hand made all These things ?
44_ACT_07_51 ye stiffnecked And uncircumcised in heart And ears , ye do always resist the holy Ghost : as your fathers [ did ] , So [ do ] ye .
44_ACT_07_52 which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? And they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the just one ; of whom ye have been now the betrayers And murderers :
44_ACT_07_53 who have received the law by the disposition of angels , And have not kept [ it ] .
44_ACT_07_54 when they heard These things , they were cut to the heart , And they gnashed on him with [ their ] teeth .
44_ACT_07_55 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 ,
44_ACT_07_56 And said , behold , I see the heavens opened , And the son of man standing on the right hand of God .
44_ACT_07_57 Then they cried out with A loud voice , And stopped their ears , And ran upon him with one accord ,
44_ACT_07_58 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 .
44_ACT_07_59 And they stoned Stephen , calling upon [ God ] , And saying , LORD Jesus , receive my spirit .
44_ACT_07_60 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 .