Acts 7:1

THEN said the high-priest, Are these things so?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

In Context

2He replied, Men, brethren, and fathers, hear me: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Read all of Acts 7

Cross References

Matthew 26:61said, This fellow said, I am able to pull down the temple of God, and to build it up in three days.

John 18:19The high-priest then questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and respecting his doctrine.

Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking blasphemous 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 7:1