Acts 7:2
Stephen replied, “Brothers and fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him –
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1Then the high priest asked, “Is this true?”
3‘Leave your country and your people, and come into the country that I will show you.’
Cross References
Genesis 12:1The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your relatives and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 15:7and said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to inherit it.”
Joshua 24:2and Joshua said to all the people, “This is the message of the Lord the God of Israel: In days of old your ancestors lived east of the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, worshipping other gods.
Psalms 24:7Lift high your heads, you gates – Higher, you ancient doors; welcome the glorious king.
Psalms 29:3The Lord’s voice peals on the waters. The God of glory has thundered. He peals o’er the mighty waters.
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 →