Acts 7:3

and said to him, "Leave your country and your kindred, and come to whatever land I will show you.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

In Context

2Stephen answered. "Listen, brothers and fathers. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

4"So he left Chaldea and settled in Haran, and from there, after his father’s death, God moved him to this land which you inhabit.

Read all of Acts 7

Cross References

Luke 14:33"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 7:3