Acts 7:2

7:2 So he replied, ¹  “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather ²  Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Acts 7:32

7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, ³  the God of Abraham, Isaac, ⁴  and Jacob.’ ⁵  Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. ⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “said.”

² tn Or “ancestor”; Grk “father.”

³ tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”

⁴ tn Grk “and Isaac,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation.

⁶ tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).