Acts 7:1-3

Stephen’s Defense Before the Council

7:1 Then the high priest said, “Are these things true?” 7:2 So he replied, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran, 7:3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’


tn Grk “If it is so concerning these things” (see BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.a for this use).

tn Grk “said.”

tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

sn A quotation from Gen 12:1.