Acts 7:2

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

1And the high-priest said, Are then these things so?

3and said to him, “Go forth from thy country and thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee.”

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Cross References

Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, That the king of glory may come in!

Psalms 29:3The voice of Jehovah is heard above the waters; The God of glory thundereth,-Jehovah above the great waters.

Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah that bore you! For I called him when only one, And blessed him, and multiplied him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 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, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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