Act 7:1 The ruling priest said, “How do you plead to these charges?”
Act 7:2 Stephen began his sworn testimony: “Folks, fellow believers, ancestors, hear me! The God of Majesty appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.
Act 7:3 And he told him, ‘Leave your land, your people, and your relatives, and move to the land I will show to you.’
Act 7:4 So he left the land of the Chaldeans and moved to Haran. After his father died, God moved him to this land in which you are now settled.
Act 7:5 “But he did not give him any inheritance to enjoy, not even a place to set his foot. Yet he promised to give it to him later, to his descendants, though as yet he did not have a child.
Act 7:6 He added that his descendants would be wanderers in a foreign land, where they would be enslaved and abused for four hundred years.
Act 7:7 ‘And the nation enslaving them will be judged,’ God said, ‘and afterwards the enslaved will leave there and offer divine service to me in this place.’
Act 7:8 “He gave him the unilateral contract of circumcision, and then Abraham fathered Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Then Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
Act 7:9 But the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him;
Act 7:10 he got him out of all his ordeals and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh (king of Egypt). Pharaoh made him governor over all of Egypt including his own household.
Act 7:11 “Now a famine came upon all of Egypt and Canaan; it was severe and our ancestors could find no provisions.
Act 7:12 Then Jacob heard that there were stores of grain in Egypt, so he dispatched our ancestors the first time.
Act 7:13 At the second time, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, which also revealed his nationality to Pharaoh.
Act 7:14 So Joseph dispatched them to invite his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five people in all.
Act 7:15 Jacob then went down to Egypt, where eventually he and our ancestors died.
Act 7:16 They were transferred to Shechem and buried in the tomb Abraham purchased for a certain amount of silver from the tribe of Hamor there.
Act 7:17 “Now as the time drew near to fulfill the promise God had made to Abraham, the population multiplied in Egypt.
Act 7:18 But then a different king came to power in Egypt, one who knew nothing of Joseph.
Act 7:19 This one dealt treacherously with our ancestors and oppressed them, forcing them to let their babies die of exposure.
Act 7:20 It was then that Moses was born (a divinely gifted child), and he stayed in his parents’ home for three months.
Act 7:21 But when he was left to exposure, Pharaoh’s daughter took him in and raised him as her own son.
Act 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was accomplished in word and deed.
Act 7:23 “Now as he approached his forties, he decided to visit his people, the people of Israel.
Act 7:24 He saw someone being mistreated and came to that person’s aid, avenging them by killing the Egyptian.
Act 7:25 He presumed that his fellow Hebrews understood that God would rescue them through him, but they did not understand this.
Act 7:26 “The next day he saw two of them fighting, and he tried to make peace between them: ‘You men are of the same nation, so why are you hurting each other?’
Act 7:27 But the one who was hurting the other pushed Moses away and retorted, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Act 7:28 I suppose you intend to kill me just as you did to that Egyptian yesterday!’
Act 7:29 Hearing this, Moses ran away and became a foreigner in the land of Midan, where he fathered two sons.
Act 7:30 “Forty years later, he saw a Messenger in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in the flame of a thorn bush fire.
Act 7:31 As Moses studied it he was puzzled at the sight. But as he approached to examine it he heard the voice of the Master:
Act 7:32 ‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses began to shake and didn’t dare to examine it further.
Act 7:33 Then the Master said to him, ‘Untie your sandals and remove them from your feet, for the place upon which you are standing is holy ground.
Act 7:34 I have indeed seen the abuse of my people in Egypt; I heard their groaning and have come down to free them. So now, come here so I can send you back to Egypt.’
Act 7:35 “This is the Moses they had disowned by saying, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?’ This is the one God commissioned, via the Messenger he saw in the thorn bush, to be a ruler as well as a redeemer and judge.
Act 7:36 He led them out, performing miracles and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and also in the wilderness for forty years.
Act 7:37 This is the Moses who told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up a prophet like me from among you.‘
Act 7:38 “This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the Messenger, who spoke to him and our ancestors at Mount Sinai; he is the one who received the living oracles to give to you.
Act 7:39 But our ancestors were unwilling to listen, so they pushed him away and returned to Egypt in their hearts.
Act 7:40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go ahead of us, because we don’t know what has become of this Moses who led us out of Egypt.’
Act 7:41 So they made a calf in those days, and they sacrificed to the idol, happy with the thing they had made with their hands.
Act 7:42 “So God turned away and gave them over to offer divine service to the stars of the sky. As it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘House of Israel, was it to me that you offered slaughtered animals and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness?
Act 7:43 No, you pitched the tent of Molech and the constellation of your god Raiphan, of whom you made idols to worship. So I will exile you far beyond Babylon.’
Act 7:44 Our ancestors had the Ark of the Testimony in the wilderness, which the One who spoke to Moses had him make according to the model he was shown.
Act 7:45 Afterwards, our ancestors, with Joshua, carried it as they took possession of the lands of the nations God drove out before them. “This continued till the time of David,
Act 7:46 who was favored by God. He asked permission to build a dwelling place for the God of Jacob,
Act 7:47 but it was Solomon who built it for him.
Act 7:48 Yet the Most High does not live in what human hands build, as the prophet says:
Act 7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footrest. What kind of house can you build for me?’, the Master says, ‘Or where do I stop to rest?
Act 7:50 Is it not my hand that did all of this?’
Act 7:51 “You stiff-necked heathen! You continually oppose the Holy Spirit, just like your ancestors!
Act 7:52 Name a prophet they didn’t persecute! They even killed those who predicted the arrival of the Just One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered—
Act 7:53 you who received the law mandated by Messengers but failed to protect!”
Act 7:54 Upon hearing this, they were furious and ground their teeth at him.
Act 7:55 But filled with faith and the Holy Spirit, he looked intently into heaven and saw the majesty of God, with Jesus standing at God’s right.
Act 7:56 He exclaimed, “Look! I see the heavens opened up and the Human Being standing at God’s right!”
Act 7:57 Then, shouting loudly and covering their ears, they all rushed at him at once.
Act 7:58 They threw him outside of the city and pelted him with rocks, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Act 7:59 So they pelted Stephen with stones as he was calling on Jesus and saying, “Master Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Act 7:60 He fell to his knees and shouted, “Master, don’t charge them with this sin!” Upon saying this, he passed away.

Act 7:1 ειπεν δε ὁ αρχιερευς ει. ταυτα οὑτως εχει
Act 7:2 ὁ δε εφη ανδρες αδελφοι και πατερες ακουσατε ὁ θεος της δοξης ωφθη τω πατρι ἡμων αβρααμ οντι εν τη μεσοποταμια πριν η κατοικησαι αυτον εν χαρραν
Act 7:3 και ειπεν προς αυτον εξελθε εκ της γης σου και εκ της συγγενειας σου και δευρο εις την γην ἡν αν σοι δειξω
Act 7:4 τοτε εξελθων εκ γης χαλδαιων κατωκησεν εν χαρραν κακειθεν μετα το αποθανειν τον πατερα αυτου μετωκισεν αυτον εις την γην ταυτην εις ἡν ὑμεις νυν κατοικειτε
Act 7:5 και ουκ εδωκεν αυτω κληρονομιαν εν αυτη ουδε βημα ποδος και επηγγειλατο δουναι αυτω εις κατασχεσιν αυτην και τω σπερματι αυτου μετ᾽ αυτον ουκ οντος αυτω τεκνου
Act 7:6 ελαλησεν δε οὑτως ὁ θεος ὁτι εσται το σπερμα αυτου παροικον εν γη αλλοτρια και δουλωσουσιν αυτο και κακωσουσιν ετη τετρακοσια
Act 7:7 και το εθνος ὡ εαν δουλευσουσιν κρινω εγω ὁ θεος ειπεν και μετα ταυτα εξελευσονται και λατρευσουσιν μοι εν τω τοπω τουτω
Act 7:8 και εδωκεν αυτω διαθηκην περιτομης και οὑτως εγεννησεν τον ισαακ και περιετεμεν αυτον τη ἡμερα τη ογδοη και ισαακ τον ιακωβ και ιακωβ τους δωδεκα πατριαρχας
Act 7:9 και οἱ πατριαρχαι ζηλωσαντες τον ιωσηφ απεδοντο εις αιγυπτον και ην ὁ θεος μετ᾽ αυτου
Act 7:10 και εξειλατο αυτον εκ πασων των θλιψεων αυτου και εδωκεν αυτω χαριν και σοφιαν εναντιον φαραω βασιλεως αιγυπτου και κατεστησεν αυτον ἡγουμενον επ᾽ αιγυπτον και εφ᾽ ὁλον τον οικον αυτου
Act 7:11 ηλθεν δε λιμος εφ᾽ ὁλην την αιγυπτον και χανααν και θλιψις μεγαλη και ουχ ηὑρισκον χορτασματα οἱ πατερες ἡμων
Act 7:12 ακουσας δε ιακωβ οντα σιτια εις αιγυπτον εξαπεστειλεν τους πατερας ἡμων πρωτον
Act 7:13 και εν τω δευτερω ανεγνωρισθη ιωσηφ τοις αδελφοις αυτου και φανερον εγενετο τω φαραω το γενος του ιωσηφ
Act 7:14 αποστειλας δε ιωσηφ μετεκαλεσατο ιακωβ τον πατερα αυτου και πασαν την συγγενειαν εν ψυχαις ἑβδομηκοντα πεντε
Act 7:15 και κατεβη ιακωβ εις αιγυπτον και ετελευτησεν αυτος και οἱ πατερες ἡμων
Act 7:16 και μετετεθησαν εις συχεμ και ετεθησαν εν τω μνηματι ὡ ωνησατο αβρααμ τιμης αργυριου παρα των υἱων ἑμμωρ εν συχεμ
Act 7:17 καθως δε ηγγιζεν ὁ χρονος της επαγγελιαν ἡς ὡμολογησεν ὁ θεος τω αβρααμ ηυξησεν ὁ λαος και επληθυνθη εν αιγυπτω
Act 7:18 αχρι οὑ ανεστη βασιλευς ἑτερος επ᾽ αιγυπτον ὁς ουκ ηδει τον ιωσηφ
Act 7:19 οὑτος κατασοφισαμενος το γενος ἡμων εκακωσεν τους πατερας ἡμων του ποιειν τα βρεφη εκθετα αυτων εις το μη ζωογονεισθαι
Act 7:20 εν ὡ καιρω εγεννηθη μωϋσης και ην αστειος τω θεω ὁς ανετραφη μηνας τρεις εν τω οικω του πατρος
Act 7:21 εκτεθεντος δε αυτου ανειλατεο αυτον ἡ θυγατηρ φαραω και ανεθρεψατο αυτον ἑαυτη εις υἱον
Act 7:22 και επαιδευθη μωϋσης εν παση σοφια αιγυπτιων ην δε δυνατος εν λογοις και εργοις αυτου
Act 7:23 ὡς δε επληρουτο αυτω τεσσαρακοντατης χρονος ανεβη επι την καρδιαν αυτου επισκεψασθαι τους αδελφους αυτου τους υἱους ισραηλ
Act 7:24 και ιδων τινα αδικουμενον ημυνατο και εποιησεν εκδικησιν τω καταπονουμενω παταξας τον αιγυπτιον
Act 7:25 ενομιζεν δε συνιεναι τους αδελφους αυτου ὁτι ὁ θεος δια χειρος αυτου διδωσιν σωτηριαν αυτοις οἱ δε ου συνηκαν
Act 7:26 τη τε επιουση ἡμερα ωφθη αυτοις μαχομενοις και συνηλλασσεν αυτους εις ειρηνην ειπων ανδρες αδελφοι εστε ἱνα τι αδικειτε αλληλους
Act 7:27 ὁ δε αδικων τον πλησιον απωσατο αυτον ειπων τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην εφ᾽ ἡμων
Act 7:28 μη ανελειν με συ θελεις ὁν τροπον ανειλες εχθες τον αιγυπτιον
Act 7:29 εφυγεν δε μωϋσης εν τω λογω τουτω και εγενετο παροικος εν γη μαδιαμ οὑ εγεννησεν υἱους δυο
Act 7:30 και πληρωθεντων ετων τεσσαρακοντα ωφθη αυτω εν τη ερημω του ορους σινα αγγελος εν φλογι πυρος βατου
Act 7:31 ὁ δε μωϋσης ιδων εθαυμαζεν το ὁραμα προσερχομενου δε αυτου κατανοησαι εγενετο φωνη κυριου
Act 7:32 εγω ὁ θεος των πατερων σου ὁ θεος αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ εντρομος δε γενομενος μωϋσης ουκ ετολμα κατανοησαι
Act 7:33 ειπεν δε αυτω ὁ κυριος λυσον το ὑποδημα των ποδων σου ὁ γαρ τοπος εφ᾽ ὡ ἑστηκας γη ἁγια εστιν
Act 7:34 ιδων ειδον την κακωσιν του λαου μου του εν αιγυπτω και του στεναγμου αυτων ηκουσα και κατεβην εξελεσθαι αυτους και νυν δευρο αποστειλω σε εις αιγυπτον
Act 7:35 τουτον τον μωϋσην ὁν ηρνησαντο ειποντες τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην τουτον ὁ θεος και αρχοντα και λυτρωτην απεσταλκεν συν χειρι αγγελου του οφθεντος αυτω εν τη βατω
Act 7:36 οὑτος εξηγαγεν αυτους ποιησας τερατα και σημεια εν γη αιγυπτω και εν ερυθρα θαλασση και εν τη ερημω ετη τεσσαρακοντα
Act 7:37 οὑτος εστιν ὁ μωϋσης ὁ ειπας τοις υἱοις ισραηλ προφητην ὑμιν αναστησει ὁ θεος εκ των αδελφων ὑμων ὡς εμε
Act 7:38 οὑτος εστιν ὁ γενομενος εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω μετα του αγγελου του λαλουντος αυτω εν τω ορει σινα και των πατερων ἡμων ὁς εδεξατο λογια ζωντα δουναι ἡμιν
Act 7:39 ὡ ουκ ηθελησαν ὑπηκοοι γενεσθαι οἱ πατερες ἡμων αλλα απωσαντο και εστραφησαν εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων εις αιγυπτον
Act 7:40 ειποντες τω ααρων ποιησον ἡμιν θεους οἱ προπορευσονται ἡμων ὁ γαρ μωϋσης οὑτος ὁς εξηγαγεν ἡμας εκ γης αιγυπτου ουκ οιδαμεν τι εγενετο αυτω
Act 7:41 και εμοσχοποιησαν εν ταις ἡμεραις εκειναις και ανηγαγον θυσιαν τω ειδωλω και ευφραινοντο εν τοις εργοις των χειρων αυτων
Act 7:42 εστρεψεν δε ὁ θεος και παρεδωκεν αυτους λατρευειν τη στρατια του ουρανου καθως γεγραπται εν βιβλω των προφητων μη σφαγια και θυσιας προσηνεγκατε μοι ετη τεσσαρακοντα εν τη ερημω οικος ισραηλ
Act 7:43 και ανελαβετε την σκηνην του μολοχ και το αστρον του θεου ὑμων ῥαιφαν τους τυπους οὑς εποιησατε προσκυνειν αυτοις και μετοικιω ὑμας επεκεινα βαβυλωνος
Act 7:44 ἡ σκηνη του μαρτυριου ην τοις πατρασιν ἡμων εν τη ερημω καθως διεταξατο ὁ λαλων τω μωϋση ποιησαι αυτην κατα τον τυπον ὁν εωρακει
Act 7:45 ἡν και εισηγαγον διαδεξαμενοι οἱ πατερες ἡμων μετα ιησου εν τη κατασχεσει των εθνων ὡν εξωσεν ὁ θεος απο προσωπου των πατερων ἡμων ἑως των ἡμερων δαυιδ
Act 7:46 ὁς εὑρεν χαριν ενωπιον του θεου και ητησατο εὑρειν σκηνωμα τω οικω ιακωβ
Act 7:47 σολομων δε οικοδομησεν αυτω οικον
Act 7:48 αλλ᾽ ουχ ὁ ὑψιστος εν χειροποιητοις κατοικει καθως ὁ προφητης λεγειν
Act 7:49 ὁ ουρανος μοι θρονος ἡ δε γη ὑποποδιον των ποδων μου ποιον οικον οικοδομησετε μοι λεγειν κυριος η τις τοπος της καταπαυσεως μου
Act 7:50 ουχι ἡ χειρ μου εποιησεν ταυτα παντα
Act 7:51 σκληροτραχηλοι και απεριτμητοι καρδιαις και τοις ωσιν ὑμεις αει τω πνευματι τω ἁγιω αντιπιπτετε ὡς οἱ πατερες ὑμων και ὑμεις
Act 7:52 τινα των προφητων ουκ εδιωξαν οἱ πατερες ὑμων και απεκτειναν τους προκαταγγειλαντας περι της ελευσεως του δικαιου οὑ νυν ὑμεις προδοται και φονεις εγενεσθε
Act 7:53 οἱτινες ελαβετε τον νομον εις διαταγας αγγελων και ουκ εφυλαξατε
Act 7:54 ακουοντες δε ταυτα διεπριοντο ταις καρδιαις αυτων και εβρυχον τους οδοντας επ᾽ αυτον
Act 7:55 ὑπαρχων δε πληρης πνευματος ἁγιου ατενισας εις τον ουρανον ειδεν δοξαν θεου και ιησουν ἑστωτα εκ δεξιων του θεου
Act 7:56 και ειπεν ιδου θεωρω τους ουρανους διηνοιγμενους και τον υἱον του ανθρωπου εκ δεξιων ἑστωτα του θεου
Act 7:57 κραξαντες δε φωνη μεγαλη συνεσχον τα ωτα αυτων και ὡρμησαν ὁμοθυμαδον επ᾽ αυτον
Act 7:58 και εκβαλοντες εξω της πολεως ελιθοβολουν και οἱ μαρτυρες απεθεντο τα ἱματια αυτων παρα τους ποδας νεανιου καλουμενου σαυλου
Act 7:59 και ελιθοβολουν τον στεφανον επικαλουμενον και λεγοντα κυριε ιησου δεξαι το πνευμα μου
Act 7:60 θεις δε τα γονατα εκραξεν φωνη μεγαλη κυριε μη στησης αυτοις ταυτην την ἁμαρτιαν και τουτο ειπων εκοιμηθη