Acts 7:1

And the high priests said; Are these things so?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

In Context

2And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;

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Cross References

Matthew 26:61And afterwards two false witnesses having come forward, said, He said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and build it in three days.

John 18:19Then the high priest asked Jesus concerning His disciples and concerning His teaching.

Acts 6:13and they raised up false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place and the law;

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:1

When our Lord Jesus called his apostles out to be employed in services and sufferings for him, he told them that yet the last should be first, and the first last, which was remarkably fulfilled in St. Stephen and St. Paul, who were both of them late converts, in comparison of the apostles, and yet got the start of them both in services and sufferings; for God, in conferring honours and favours, often crosses hands. In this chapter we have the martyrdom of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church, who led… Read the whole commentary →

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