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Stephen’s Speech

The high priest said to Stephen, “Are these things true?”

Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to Abraham, our ancestor. Abraham was in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran. God said to Abraham, ‘Leave your country and your relatives. Go to the land I will show you.’[a] So Abraham left the country of Chaldea and went to live in Haran. After Abraham’s father died, God sent him to this place where you now live. God did not give Abraham any of this land, not even a foot of it. But God promised that he would give him and his descendants this land. (This was before Abraham had any descendants.) This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will be strangers in a land they don’t own. The people there will make them slaves. And they will do cruel things to them for 400 years. But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land. Then they will worship me in this place.’[b] God made an agreement with Abraham; the sign for this agreement was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob. And Jacob did the same for his sons, the 12 ancestors[c] of our people.

“These sons became jealous of Joseph. They sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him. 10 Joseph had many troubles there, but God saved him from all those troubles. The king of Egypt liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom that God gave him. The king made him governor of Egypt. He put Joseph in charge of all the people in his palace.

11 “Then all the land of Egypt and of Canaan became so dry that nothing would grow there. This made the people suffer very much. The sons could not find anything to eat. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, there. This was their first trip to Egypt. 13 Then they went there a second time. This time, Joseph told his brothers who he was. And the king learned about Joseph’s family. 14 Then Joseph sent some men to invite Jacob, his father, to come to Egypt. He also invited all his relatives (75 persons altogether). 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and his sons died. 16 Later their bodies were moved to Shechem and put in a grave there. (It was the same grave that Abraham had bought in Shechem from the sons of Hamor for a sum of money.)

17 “The number of people in Egypt grew large. There were more and more of our people there. (The promise that God made to Abraham was soon to come true.) 18 Then a new king began to rule Egypt. He did not know who Joseph was. 19 This king tricked our people and was cruel to our ancestors. He forced them to put their babies outside to die. 20 This was the time when Moses was born. He was a fine child. For three months Moses was cared for in his father’s house. 21 When they put Moses outside, the king’s daughter took him. She raised him as if he were her own son. 22 The Egyptians taught Moses all the things they knew. He was a powerful man in the things he said and did.

23 “When Moses was about 40 years old, he thought it would be good to visit his brothers, the people of Israel. 24 Moses saw an Egyptian doing wrong to a Jew. So he defended the Jew and punished the Egyptian for hurting him. Moses killed the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his fellow Jews would understand that God was using him to save them. But they did not understand. 26 The next day, Moses saw two Jewish men fighting. He tried to make peace between them. He said, ‘Men, you are brothers! Why are you hurting each other?’ 27 The man who was hurting the other man pushed Moses away. He said, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge? 28 Are you going to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[d] 29 When Moses heard him say this, he left Egypt. He went to live in the land of Midian where he was a stranger. While Moses lived in Midian, he had two sons.

30 “After 40 years Moses was in the desert near Mount Sinai. An angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush. 31 When Moses saw this, he was amazed. He went near to look closer at it. Moses heard the Lord’s voice. 32 The Lord said, ‘I am the God of your ancestors. I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[e] Moses began to shake with fear and was afraid to look. 33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals. You are standing on holy ground. 34 I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt. I have heard their cries. I have come down to save them. And now, Moses, I am sending you back to Egypt.’[f]

35 “This Moses was the same man the Jews said they did not want. They had said to him, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?’[g] Moses is the same man God sent to be a ruler and savior, with the help of an angel. This was the angel Moses saw in the burning bush. 36 So Moses led the people out of Egypt. He worked miracles and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and then in the desert for 40 years. 37 This is the same Moses that said to the Jewish people: ‘God will give you a prophet like me. He will be one of your own people.’[h] 38 This is the same Moses who was with the gathering of the Jews in the desert. He was with the angel that spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received commands from God that give life, and he gave those commands to us.

39 “But our fathers did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him. They wanted to go back to Egypt again. 40 They said to Aaron, ‘Moses led us out of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him. So make us gods who will lead us.’[i] 41 So the people made an idol that looked like a calf. Then they brought sacrifices to it. The people were proud of what they had made with their own hands! 42 But God turned against them. He did not try to stop them from worshiping the sun, moon and stars. This is what is written in the book of the prophets: God says,

‘People of Israel, you did not bring me sacrifices and offerings
    while you traveled in the desert for 40 years.
43 But now you will have to carry with you
    the tent to worship the false god Molech
    and the idols of the star god Rephan that you made to worship.
This is because I will send you away beyond Babylon.’ Amos 5:25-27

44 “The Holy Tent where God spoke to our fathers was with the Jews in the desert. God told Moses how to make this Tent. He made it like the plan God showed him. 45 Later, Joshua led our fathers to capture the lands of the other nations. Our people went in, and God drove the other people out. When our people went into this new land, they took with them this same Tent. They received this Tent from their fathers and kept it until the time of David. 46 God was very pleased with David. He asked God to let him build a house for him, the God of Jacob.[j] 47 But Solomon was the one who built the Temple.

48 “But the Most High does not live in houses that men build with their hands. This is what the prophet says:

49 ‘Heaven is my throne.
    The earth is my footstool.
So do you think you can build a house for me? says the Lord.
    There is no place where I need to rest.
50 Remember, I made all these things!’” Isaiah 66:1-2

51 Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You have not given your hearts to God! You won’t listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you. Your ancestors were like this, and you are just like them! 52 Your fathers tried to hurt every prophet who ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the Righteous One would come. But your fathers killed them. And now you have turned against the Righteous One and killed him. 53 You received the law of Moses, which God gave you through his angels. But you don’t obey it!”

Stephen Is Killed

54 When the leaders heard Stephen saying all these things, they became very angry. They were so mad that they were grinding their teeth at Stephen. 55 But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God. He saw Jesus standing at God’s right side. 56 He said, “Look! I see heaven open. And I see the Son of Man standing at God’s right side!”

57 Then they all shouted loudly. They covered their ears with their hands and all ran at Stephen. 58 They took him out of the city and threw stones at him until he was dead. The men who told lies against Stephen left their coats with a young man named Saul. 59 While they were throwing stones, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60 He fell on his knees and cried in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” After Stephen said this, he died.

Footnotes

  1. 7:3 ‘Leave . . . you.’ Quotation from Genesis 12:1.
  2. 7:6-7 ‘Your descendants . . . place.’ Quotation from Genesis 15:13–14 and Exodus 3:12.
  3. 7:8 12 ancestors Important ancestors of the Jews; the leaders of the 12 Jewish tribes.
  4. 7:27-28 ‘Who . . . yesterday?’ Quotation from Exodus 2:14.
  5. 7:32 ‘I am . . . Jacob.’ Quotation from Exodus 3:6.
  6. 7:33-34 ‘Take . . . Egypt.’ Quotation from Exodus 3:5–10.
  7. 7:35 ‘Who . . . judge?’ Quotation from Exodus 2:14.
  8. 7:37 ‘God . . . people.’ Quotation from Deuteronomy 18:15.
  9. 7:40 ‘Moses . . . us.’ Quotation from Exodus 32:1.
  10. 7:46 the God of Jacob Some Greek copies read “the house of Jacob.” This means the people of Israel.

Discurso de Esteban

El sumo sacerdote preguntó a Esteban:

— ¿Es eso cierto?

Esteban respondió:

— Hermanos israelitas y dirigentes de nuestra nación, escúchenme: Dios se apareció en el esplendor de su gloria a Abrahán, nuestro padre, cuando aún se hallaba en Mesopotamia, antes de establecerse en Jarán, y le dijo: Deja tu tierra y a tu familia y dirígete al país que yo te señale. Salió Abrahán de Caldea y se instaló en Jarán. Desde allí, cuando murió su padre, Dios lo trasladó a este país en el cual ustedes habitan ahora. Sin embargo, no le entregó ni siquiera un palmo de tierra en herencia, pero sí prometió entregársela en propiedad a él y a sus descendientes, aun cuando Abrahán todavía no tenía hijos. Al mismo tiempo, Dios le manifestó que sus descendientes residirían en el extranjero, donde por espacio de cuatrocientos años se verían reducidos a la esclavitud y maltratados. Aunque también le dijo Dios: Someteré a juicio a la nación que los esclavice, y después saldrán de ella y me rendirán culto en este lugar. A continuación hizo con él un pacto que fue sellado por la circuncisión. Por eso Abrahán circuncidó a su hijo Isaac una semana después de nacer; lo mismo hizo Isaac con Jacob, y este con sus doce hijos, los patriarcas. Posteriormente, los hijos de Jacob tuvieron envidia de José y lo vendieron como esclavo con destino a Egipto. Pero José gozaba de la protección de Dios 10 y salió con bien de todas las circunstancias adversas. Más aún, Dios le concedió sabiduría e hizo que se granjeara la simpatía del faraón, rey de Egipto, quien lo nombró gobernador de Egipto y jefe de toda la casa real. 11 Más tarde, el hambre acosó a Egipto y a todo el país cananeo, y la situación llegó a ser tan grave, que nuestros antepasados carecieron del sustento necesario. 12 Al tener noticia Jacob de que en Egipto había reservas de trigo, envió allá una primera vez a nuestros antepasados. 13 Cuando fueron por segunda vez, José se dio a conocer a sus hermanos, y el faraón conoció la ascendencia de José. 14 Entonces, José envió a buscar a Jacob, su padre, y a toda su familia, que se componía de setenta y cinco personas. 15 Así fue como Jacob se trasladó a Egipto, donde él y nuestros antepasados murieron. 16 Con el tiempo, llevaron sus restos a Siquén y les dieron sepultura en la tumba que Abrahán había comprado allí a los hijos de Emmor pagando el precio correspondiente.

17 Entre tanto, según se aproximaba el tiempo en que Dios cumpliría la promesa que había hecho a Abrahán, el pueblo iba creciendo y multiplicándose en Egipto. 18 Pero subió al trono de Egipto un nuevo rey que no había conocido a José; 19 un rey que actuó pérfidamente contra nuestra raza y fue cruel con nuestros antepasados, obligándolos a dejar abandonados a sus niños recién nacidos para que no sobrevivieran. 20 En esa época nació Moisés, que era un niño muy hermoso. Durante tres meses fue criado en su casa paterna; 21 luego tuvieron que dejarlo abandonado, pero la hija del faraón lo adoptó y lo crió como si fuera su propio hijo. 22 Así que Moisés recibió una sólida instrucción en todas las disciplinas de la ciencia egipcia, y se hizo respetar tanto por sus palabras como por sus obras.

23 Al cumplir los cuarenta años, decidió Moisés ponerse en contacto con los israelitas, sus hermanos de raza. 24 Al ver entonces que un egipcio maltrataba a uno de ellos, se apresuró a defenderlo y, para vengar al oprimido, mató al egipcio. 25 Se imaginaba que sus hermanos comprenderían que Dios iba a libertarlos valiéndose de él, pero ellos no lo entendieron así. 26 Al día siguiente, quiso intervenir en una reyerta entre israelitas, para apaciguar a los contendientes. Pero al decirles: “¿Cómo están peleándose, si son hermanos?”, 27 el agresor le replicó diciendo: “¿Quién te ha nombrado jefe y juez nuestro? 28 ¿Es que quieres matarme también a mí, como hiciste ayer con el egipcio?”. 29 Estas palabras hicieron que Moisés huyera y viviera exiliado en Madián, donde llegó a ser padre de dos hijos.

30 Pasaron cuarenta años y, estando Moisés en el desierto del monte Sinaí, se le apareció un ángel en medio de las llamas de una zarza que estaba ardiendo. 31 Moisés se sorprendió al contemplar tal aparición y, al acercarse para observar más de cerca, oyó al Señor, que decía: 32 Yo soy el Dios de tus antepasados, el Dios de Abrahán, Isaac y Jacob. Temblando de miedo, Moisés ni siquiera se atrevía a mirar. 33 El Señor entonces le dijo: Descálzate, porque el lugar donde estás es tierra santa. 34 He comprobado cómo mi pueblo sufre en Egipto, he escuchado sus lamentos y me dispongo a librarlos. Así que ahora prepárate, pues voy a enviarte a Egipto.

35 De manera que el mismo Moisés al que los israelitas habían rechazado diciéndole: “¿Quién te ha nombrado jefe y juez?”, fue el enviado por Dios como jefe y libertador, por medio del ángel que se le apareció en la zarza. 36 Fue Moisés quien sacó a los israelitas de Egipto, realizando milagros y prodigios a lo largo de cuarenta años, tanto en el mismo Egipto como en el mar Rojo y en el desierto. 37 Fue también Moisés quien dijo a los israelitas: Dios hará surgir de entre ustedes un profeta como yo. 38 Fue él, en fin, quien en la asamblea del desierto sirvió de intermediario entre el ángel que le hablaba en el monte Sinaí y nuestros antepasados, y quien recibió palabras de vida con el encargo de transmitírnoslas. 39 Pero nuestros antepasados no quisieron obedecerle; lo rechazaron y, volviendo el pensamiento a Egipto, 40 dijeron a Aarón: Haznos dioses que nos guíen en nuestro caminar, pues no sabemos qué ha sido de ese Moisés, el que nos sacó de Egipto. 41 Fue entonces cuando se fabricaron un ídolo en forma de becerro, le ofrecieron sacrificios y celebraron una fiesta solemne en honor de algo que habían hecho con sus propias manos. 42 Así que Dios se apartó de ellos y permitió que se entregasen al culto de los astros, como está escrito en el libro de los profetas: Pueblo de Israel, ¿en honor de quién fueron las víctimas y sacrificios que ustedes ofrecieron durante cuarenta años en el desierto? No ciertamente en mi honor, 43 sino que llevaron en procesión la tienda-santuario del dios Moloc y el emblema en forma de estrella de Refán , a quien convirtieron en su dios; imágenes todas ellas que hicieron para rendirles culto. Por eso, a ustedes los deportaré más allá de Babilonia. 44 Nuestros antepasados tenían en el desierto la Tienda del testimonio, que fue construida conforme al modelo que había visto Moisés cuando Dios le habló. 45 Fueron también nuestros antepasados quienes la recibieron y quienes, acaudillados por Josué, la introdujeron en el país que ocuparon cuando Dios expulsó a los paganos delante de ellos. Y así continuaron las cosas hasta la época de David. 46 Por su parte, David, que gozaba del favor de Dios, solicitó proporcionar un santuario a la estirpe de Jacob. 47 Sin embargo, fue Salomón quien lo construyó; 48 aunque debe quedar claro que el Altísimo no habita en edificios construidos por manos humanas, como dice el profeta:

49 Mi trono es el cielo, dice el Señor,
y la tierra, el estrado de mis pies.
¿Por qué quieren edificarme un santuario
o un lugar que me sirva de morada?
50 ¿No soy yo el creador de todas estas cosas?

51 Ustedes, gente testaruda, de corazón empedernido y oídos sordos, siempre han ofrecido resistencia al Espíritu Santo. Como sus antepasados, así son ustedes. 52 ¿Hubo algún profeta al que no persiguieran sus antepasados? Ellos mataron a los que predijeron la venida del único justo a quien ahora ustedes han entregado y asesinado. 53 ¡Ustedes que recibieron la ley por mediación de ángeles, pero que nunca la han cumplido!

Lapidación de Esteban

54 Estas palabras desataron su cólera, y se recomían de rabia contra Esteban. 55 Pero él, lleno del Espíritu Santo y con la mirada fija en el cielo, vio la gloria de Dios y a Jesús de pie junto a Dios.

56 — Escúchenme —dijo—, veo el cielo abierto y al Hijo del hombre de pie junto a Dios.

57 Hechos un puro grito, no quisieron escuchar nada más y se arrojaron en masa sobre él. 58 Lo sacaron fuera de la ciudad y comenzaron a apedrearlo. Los que participaban en el hecho confiaron sus ropas al cuidado de un joven llamado Saulo. 59 Esteban, por su parte, oraba con estas palabras mientras era apedreado:

— Señor Jesús, acoge mi espíritu.

60 Luego dobló las rodillas y clamó en alta voz:

— ¡Señor, no les tomes en cuenta este pecado!

Y, sin decir más, expiró.

Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham

Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”

And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, (G)He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. But God spoke in this way: (H)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (I)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. (J)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (K)judge,’ said God, (L)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ (M)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; (N)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; (O)and Isaac begot Jacob, and (P)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

The Patriarchs in Egypt

(Q)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, (R)sold Joseph into Egypt. (S)But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, (T)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 (U)Now a famine and great [a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 (V)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the (W)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 (X)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and (Y)all his relatives to him, [b]seventy-five people. 15 (Z)So Jacob went down to Egypt; (AA)and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And (AB)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in (AC)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.

God Delivers Israel by Moses

17 “But when (AD)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (AE)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (AF)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (AG)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 (AH)At this time Moses was born, and (AI)was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But (AJ)when he was set out, (AK)Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was (AL)mighty in words and deeds.

23 (AM)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (AN)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 (AO)Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he (AP)had two sons.

30 (AQ)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [c]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, (AR)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 (AS)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely (AT)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will (AU)send you to Egypt.” ’

35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, (AV)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer (AW)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (AX)He brought them out, after he had (AY)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, (AZ)and in the Red Sea, (BA)and in the wilderness forty years.

Israel Rebels Against God

37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, (BB)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. (BC)Him[d] you shall hear.’

38 (BD)“This is he who was in the [e]congregation in the wilderness with (BE)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, (BF)the one who received the living (BG)oracles[f] to give to us, 39 whom our fathers (BH)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 (BI)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (BJ)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (BK)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (BL)God turned and gave them up to worship (BM)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:

(BN)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (BO)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’

God’s True Tabernacle

44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses (BP)to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 (BQ)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, (BR)whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the (BS)days of David, 46 (BT)who found favor before God and (BU)asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 (BV)But Solomon built Him a house.

48 “However, (BW)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

49 ‘Heaven(BX) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not (BY)made all these things?’

Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 You (BZ)stiff-necked[g] and (CA)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (CB)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (CC)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (CD)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.

Stephen the Martyr

54 (CE)When they heard these things they were [h]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, (CF)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the (CG)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! (CH)I see the heavens opened and the (CI)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (CJ)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (CK)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (CL)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:11 affliction
  2. Acts 7:14 Or seventy, Ex. 1:5
  3. Acts 7:30 NU omits of the Lord
  4. Acts 7:37 NU, M omit Him you shall hear
  5. Acts 7:38 Gr. ekklesia, assembly or church
  6. Acts 7:38 sayings
  7. Acts 7:51 stubborn
  8. Acts 7:54 furious