CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 7 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Acts 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/6.htm" title="Acts 6">◄</a> Acts 7 <a href="../acts/8.htm" title="Acts 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/7-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the chief priest said, Hold these things thus?<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye: The God of glory was sent to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he said to him, Come out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then having come out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Charran: and thence, after his father died, he transplanted him into this land, in which ye now dwell. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he gave him none inheritance in it, not a step of the foot: and he promised to give it him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And God spake thus, That his seed shall be dwelling in a strange land; and it shall subjugate them, and inflict evil four hundred years. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the nation which they serve will I judge, said God: and after these shall they go out, and shall serve me in this place. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Joseph Sold into Egypt<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../genesis/37.htm#12">Genesis 37:12–30</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the patriarchs having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And took him out of all his pressures, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and set him leader over Egypt and his whole house.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And a famine came upon the whole land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great pressure: and our fathers found no food. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jacob having beard wheat being in Egypt, sent our fathers first. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And in the second time, Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race was manifest to Pharaoh. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his kindred, in seventy-five souls. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Israel Oppressed in Egypt<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/1.htm#8">Exodus 1:8–22</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they transported him to Sychem and put him in the tomb which Abraham was satisfied with for a price of silver from the sons of Emmor of Sychem.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And as the time of the solemn promise drew near, which God aware to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He having deceived our race by sophistry, inflicted evil upon our fathers, to make their babes cast out, that they should not breed. <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Birth and Adoption of Moses<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/2.htm">Exodus 2:1–10</a>; <a href ="../hebrews/11.htm#23">Hebrews 11:23–29</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In which time Moses was born, and he was shrewd to God, who was nourished up three months in his father's house: <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he having been exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for a son to herself. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in words and in works. <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Rejection and Flight of Moses<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/2.htm#11">Exodus 2:11–22</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And when the time of forty years was completed to him, it came up upon his heart to take a view of his brethren the sons of Israel. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And having seen a certain one injured, he defended, and did vengeance for him harassed, having struck the Egyptian, <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand gives them salvation: and they understood not. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the following day he was seen to those contending, and he compelled them to peace, having said, Men, ye are brethren; wherefore injure ye one another? <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he injuring the neighbor repulsed him, having said, Who set thee a ruler and judge over us? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Wilt thou not kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday? <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Moses fled at this word, and he was a sojourner in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.<p> <A name="31"></a><p class="hdg">The Call of Moses<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/3.htm">Exodus 3:1–22</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And forty years completed, a messenger of the Lord was seen to him in the desert of mount Sina, in a flame of fire in a bramble. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Moses having seen, wondered at the sight: and he coming near to observe attentively, the voice of the Lord was to him, <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I the God of thy fathers, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. And Moses being trembling, dared not observe attentively. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And the Lord said to him, Loose the shoes of thy feet: for the place in which thou standest is holy land. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Having seen, I saw the injury of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to take them away. And now came, I will send thee into Egypt.<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>This Moses which they denied, having said, Who set thee ruler and judge? this, God sent, a ruler and redeemer by the hand of the messenger having been seen to him in the bramble. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>He brought them out, having done wonders and sign in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the desert forty years. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>This is Moses, having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>This is he having been in the church in the desert with the messenger speaking to him in Mount Sina, and our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us: <A name="40"></a><p class="hdg">The Rebellion of Israel<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32:1–35</a>; <a href ="../deuteronomy/9.htm#7">Deuteronomy 9:7–29</a>; <a href ="../amos/5.htm#16">Amos 5:16–27</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>To whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected, and in their hearts they turned back into Egypt, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Having said to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has been to him. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And they made a calf in those days, and brought up a sacrifice to the image, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And God turned, and delivered them up to serve the army of heaven; as it has been written in the book of the prophets, Slain victims and sacrifices brought ye not to me forty years in the desert, O house of Israel, <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, types which ye made to worship them: and I will transplant you beyond Babylon.<p> <A name="45"></a><p class="hdg">The Tabernacle of the Testimony<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/40.htm">Exodus 40:1–33</a>; <a href ="../hebrews/9.htm">Hebrews 9:1–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The tent of testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as he speaking set to Moses, to make it according to the type which he had seen. <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Which also our fathers having received brought in with Jesus in the possession of nations, which God drove out from our fathers' face, even to the days of David; <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Who found grace before God, and asked to find a tent to the God of Jacob. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And Solomon built for himself a house. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>But the Highest dwells not in temples made by hands; as says the prophet,<p> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Heaven a throne to me, and earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build to me? says the Lord: or what the place of my rest?<p> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Did not my hand make all these things?<p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you. <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers: <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Who have received the law by the regulations of messengers, and ye watched not.<p> <A name="55"></a><p class="hdg">The Stoning of Stephen<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And having heard those, they were sawn through their hearts, and they gnashed the teeth upon him. <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>And being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked intently to heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>And having cried with a great voice, they held fast their ears, and rushed unanimously upon him, <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul. <A name="60"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>And they stoned Stephen, calling upon, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>And having set the knees, he cried with a great voice, Lord, wouldest thou not set this sin to them. And having said this he was set to sleep.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. Smith<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>