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They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him— <a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered. <a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those having foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers, <a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: <a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, <a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, and you have now become betrayers and murderers of Him; <a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; <a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; <a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; <a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; <a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. <a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. <a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; <a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn't mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God. And now you have turned against him and killed him. <a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them which shewed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; <a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn't persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God's approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man. <a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him. <a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers. <a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers? <a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! <a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. <a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers; <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become-- <a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers, <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those having foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers, <a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become, <a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers: <a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Which of the Prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they killed those who foretold the advent of the Just One. And you have now become the betrayers and murderers of him. <a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and murdered? Especially have they slain those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One whom you betrayed and murdered. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Which of The Prophets have not your fathers persecuted and murdered, who before had searched out concerning the coming of The Righteous One, him whom you have betrayed and killed?<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers; <a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became: <a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they killed those who before published the tidings of the coming of that Righteous Person; of whom ye have now been the betrayers and murderers: <a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> was there ever any prophet whom your fathers did not persecute? have they not slain those who predicted the coming of that just person whom you have so lately betrayed and murder'd? <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become-- <a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One?of Whom just now ye became the betrayers and murderers; <a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and slew those who prophesied concerning the coming of that righteous One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers; <a href="/parallel/acts/7-52.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2256" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin</a> …51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. 52<a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tina (IPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">Which</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētōn (N-GMP) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">prophets</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">did your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: pateres (N-NMP) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">fathers</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">fail</a> <a href="/greek/1377.htm" title="1377: ediōxan (V-AIA-3P) -- To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.">to persecute?</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/615.htm" title="615: apekteinan (V-AIA-3P) -- To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.">They even killed</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those who</a> <a href="/greek/4293.htm" title="4293: prokatangeilantas (V-APA-AMP) -- To announce beforehand, promise, predict. From pro and kataggello; to anounce beforehand, i.e. Predict, promise.">foretold</a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1660.htm" title="1660: eleuseōs (N-GFS) -- A coming, arrival, advent. From the alternate of erchomai; an advent.">coming</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/1342.htm" title="1342: Dikaiou (Adj-GMS) -- From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.">Righteous One.</a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">And now</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egenesthe (V-AIM-2P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">are</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hou (RelPro-GMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">His</a> <a href="/greek/4273.htm" title="4273: prodotai (N-NMP) -- A betrayer, traitor. From prodidomi (the enemy's) hands); a surrender.">betrayers</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5406.htm" title="5406: phoneis (N-NMP) -- A murderer. ">murderers—</a> 53you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47-51</a> Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ... <a href="/matthew/5-12.htm">Matthew 5:12</a> Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/john/5-39.htm">John 5:39-40</a> You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, / yet you refuse to come to Me to have life. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15</a> who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, <a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-38</a> And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. ... <a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-39</a> Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a> “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30</a> “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.” <a href="/jeremiah/26-20.htm">Jeremiah 26:20-23</a> Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did. / King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt. / Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10-11</a> They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:Which of.<a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7,8</a> And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them… <a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10,14</a> And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away… <a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">2 Chronicles 24:19-22</a> Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear… which shewed.<a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18,24</a> But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled… <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">1 Peter 1:11</a> Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.<a href="/revelation/19-10.htm">Revelation 19:10</a> And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.the Just One.<a href="/acts/3-14.htm">Acts 3:14</a> But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;<a href="/acts/22-14.htm">Acts 22:14</a> And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.<a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a> Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.of whom.<a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a> Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:<a href="/acts/3-15.htm">Acts 3:15</a> And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.<a href="/acts/4-10.htm">Acts 4:10</a> Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Announced</a> <a href="/acts/7-24.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/acts/4-28.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/john/18-5.htm">Betrayed</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Cruelly</a> <a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Foretold</a> <a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/john/16-2.htm">Murdered</a> <a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Murderers</a> <a href="/acts/5-42.htm">News</a> <a href="/john/15-20.htm">Persecute</a> <a href="/john/15-20.htm">Persecuted</a> <a href="/acts/2-16.htm">Predicted</a> <a href="/john/9-8.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/acts/4-19.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/acts/3-14.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/8-25.htm">Announced</a> <a href="/acts/17-5.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-23.htm">Betrayed</a> <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Cruelly</a> <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Foretold</a> <a href="/acts/10-39.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/james/5-6.htm">Murdered</a> <a href="/acts/21-38.htm">Murderers</a> <a href="/acts/8-4.htm">News</a> <a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Persecute</a> <a href="/acts/22-4.htm">Persecuted</a> <a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Predicted</a> <a href="/acts/10-41.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/acts/8-28.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/acts/10-43.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/acts/10-22.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/acts/13-28.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/acts/8-21.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div>1. <a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a> 2. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a> 20. <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a> 51. <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a> 54. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a> 59. <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights the consistent pattern of Israel's history, where prophets sent by God were often met with resistance and persecution. The Old Testament is replete with examples, such as Elijah being pursued by Jezebel (<a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2-3</a>) and Jeremiah being thrown into a cistern (<a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a>). This rhetorical question underscores the rebellious nature of the people against God's messengers, emphasizing a historical pattern of rejecting divine warnings and guidance.They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. This refers to the prophets who spoke of the coming Messiah, often at great personal risk. Isaiah, for instance, prophesied about the suffering servant (Isaiah 53), and tradition holds that he was martyred. The "Righteous One" is a messianic title, pointing to Jesus Christ, who fulfills the prophecies of a savior. The killing of these prophets illustrates the severity of the rejection of God's plan and the foretelling of Christ's own rejection and crucifixion.And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Stephen, the speaker in this passage, directly accuses the Jewish leaders of being responsible for the betrayal and murder of Jesus, the Righteous One. This accusation is a culmination of the historical pattern of rejecting God's messengers, now reaching its peak in the rejection of the Messiah himself. The term "betrayers" connects to Judas Iscariot's betrayal (<a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a>), while "murderers" points to the crucifixion (<a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>). This statement serves as a powerful indictment of the leaders' actions and a call to recognize their role in the fulfillment of the prophecies concerning the suffering of the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/stephen.htm">Stephen</a> The speaker of this verse, Stephen, is one of the first deacons of the early church and the first Christian martyr. He is addressing the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council, during his trial. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophets.htm">The Prophets</a> Refers to the Old Testament prophets who were often persecuted by the Israelites for delivering God's messages, which were sometimes messages of judgment or calls to repentance. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_righteous_one.htm">The Righteous One</a> A title for Jesus Christ, indicating His sinlessness and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sanhedrin.htm">The Sanhedrin</a> The Jewish council that Stephen is addressing. They were responsible for religious decisions and had significant influence over Jewish society. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers</a> Refers to the ancestors of the Jewish people, who historically persecuted the prophets sent by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_prophetic_truth.htm">The Cost of Prophetic Truth</a> God's truth often comes with a cost, as seen in the lives of the prophets. Believers should be prepared to face opposition when standing for biblical truth. <a href="/topical/r/recognizing_the_righteous_one.htm">Recognizing the Righteous One</a> Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecies and the embodiment of righteousness. Believers are called to recognize and follow Him, unlike those who rejected Him. <a href="/topical/h/historical_patterns_of_rejection.htm">Historical Patterns of Rejection</a> The rejection of God's messengers is a recurring theme in biblical history. Christians should be aware of this pattern and strive to be receptive to God's word and His messengers today. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Danger of Hypocrisy</a> Like the Sanhedrin, it is possible to be religiously devout yet miss the heart of God's message. Believers must guard against hypocrisy and ensure their faith is genuine. <a href="/topical/c/courage_in_witnessing.htm">Courage in Witnessing</a> Stephen's boldness in proclaiming the truth, even in the face of death, serves as an example for believers to courageously witness for Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_suicide.htm">What defines true righteousness according to the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_family_conflict.htm">What Old Testament prophecies predict the Messiah?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jesus_unchanging_despite_changes.htm">(Hebrews 13:8) If Jesus is unchanging “yesterday and today and forever,” how do we reconcile His birth, death, and resurrection as actual changes? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?--St. Stephen echoes, as it were, our Lord's own words (<a href="/matthew/5-12.htm" title="Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.">Matthew 5:12</a>; <a href="/luke/13-34.htm" title="O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that are sent to you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not!">Luke 13:34</a>). Every witness for the truth had in his day had to suffer. The prophet was not only "without honour," but was exposed to shame, treated as an enemy, condemned to death. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm" title="Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:">1Thessalonians 2:15</a>, perhaps, reproduces the same fact, but more probably refers to the sufferings of the prophets of the Christian Church who were treated as their predecessors had been.The coming of the Just One.--The name does not appear to have been one of the received titles of the expected Messiah, but may have been suggested by <a href="/context/isaiah/11-4.htm" title="But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.">Isaiah 11:4-5</a>. It seems to have been accepted by the Church of Jerusalem, and in <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm" title="My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:">1John 2:1</a>, and, perhaps, in <a href="/james/5-6.htm" title="You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.">James 5:6</a>, we find examples of its application. The recent use of it by Pilate's wife (<a href="/matthew/27-19.htm" title="When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have you nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.">Matthew 27:19</a>) may have helped to give prominence to it. He who had been condemned as a malefactor was emphatically, above all the sons of men, the "righteous," the "Just One." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 52. - Did not... persecute for have not... persecuted, A.V.; killed for have slain, A.V. ; righteous for just, A.V.; have now become for have been now, A.V.; betrayers for the betrayers, A.V. The close resemblance of Stephen's words to those of our Lord recorded in <a href="/luke/13-33.htm">Luke 13:33, 34</a>; <a href="/matthew/5-12.htm">Matthew 5:12</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-30.htm">Matthew 23:30, 31, 34-37</a>, lend some support to the tradition that he was one of the seventy, and had heard the Lord speak them. But the resemblance may have arisen from the Spirit by which he spake, "the Spirit of Christ which was in" him. <a href="/commentaries/acts/7-52.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Which τίνα (tina) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophets προφητῶν (prophētōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet. {did} your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. fathers πατέρες (pateres) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. fail οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. to persecute? ἐδίωξαν (ediōxan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1377.htm">Strong's 1377: </a> To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute. They even killed ἀπέκτειναν (apekteinan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_615.htm">Strong's 615: </a> To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy. those who τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. foretold προκαταγγείλαντας (prokatangeilantas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4293.htm">Strong's 4293: </a> To announce beforehand, promise, predict. From pro and kataggello; to anounce beforehand, i.e. Predict, promise. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. coming ἐλεύσεως (eleuseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1660.htm">Strong's 1660: </a> A coming, arrival, advent. From the alternate of erchomai; an advent. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Righteous One. Δικαίου (Dikaiou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1342.htm">Strong's 1342: </a> From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy. And now νῦν (nyn) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are ἐγένεσθε (egenesthe) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. [His] οὗ (hou) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. betrayers προδόται (prodotai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4273.htm">Strong's 4273: </a> A betrayer, traitor. From prodidomi (the enemy's) hands); a surrender. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. murderers? φονεῖς (phoneis) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5406.htm">Strong's 5406: </a> A murderer. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 7:51"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 7:51" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/7-53.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 7:53"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 7:53" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>