Acts - douay rheims

Chapter 7

¹ THEN the high priest said: Are these things so?
² Who said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.
³ And said to him: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
⁴ Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.
⁵ And he gave him no inheritance in it; no, not the pace of a foot: but he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
⁶ And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years.
⁷ And the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said the Lord; and after these things they shall go out, and shall serve me in this place.
⁸ And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
⁹ And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
¹⁰ And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt, and over all his house.
¹¹ Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.
¹² But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
¹³ And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren, and his kindred was made known to Pharao.
¹⁴ And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
¹⁵ So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.
¹⁶ And they were translated into Sichem, and were laid in the sepulchre, that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem.
¹⁷ And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,
¹⁸ Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
¹⁹ This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.
²⁰ At the same time was Moses born, and he was acceptable to God: who was nourished three months in his father's house.
²¹ And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
²² And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
²³ And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
²⁴ And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him; and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.
²⁵ And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them; but they understood it not.
²⁶ And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife; and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why hurt you one another?
²⁷ But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us?
²⁸ What, wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?
²⁹ And Moses fled upon this word, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.
³⁰ And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
³¹ And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
³² I am the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified, durst not behold.
³³ And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet, for the place wherein thou standest, is holy ground.
³⁴ Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, and I will send thee into Egypt.
³⁵ This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? him God sent to be prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
³⁶ He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert forty years.
³⁷ This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself: him shall you hear.
³⁸ This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on mount Sina, and with our fathers; who received the words of life to give unto us.
³⁹ Whom our fathers would not obey; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
⁴⁰ Saying to Aaron: Make us gods to go before us. For as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
⁴² And God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel?
⁴³ And you took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rempham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
⁴⁴ The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen.
⁴⁵ Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David.
⁴⁶ Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house.
⁴⁸ Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:
⁴⁹ Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my resting?
⁵⁰ Hath not my hand made all these things?
⁵¹ You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you also.
⁵² 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:
⁵³ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
⁵⁴ Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at him.
⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
⁵⁶ And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently upon him.
⁵⁷ And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.
⁵⁸ And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
⁵⁹ And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

Acts - webster

Chapter 7

¹ Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
² And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
³ And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
⁴ Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
⁵ And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when as yet he had no child.
⁶ And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill four hundred years.
⁷ And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.
⁸ And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
⁹ And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
¹⁰ And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
¹¹ Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
¹² But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
¹³ And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
¹⁴ Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
¹⁵ So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
¹⁶ And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
¹⁷ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
¹⁸ Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
¹⁹ The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
²⁰ In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months:
²¹ And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
²² And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
²³ And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
²⁴ And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
²⁵ For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
²⁶ And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?
²⁷ But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
²⁸ Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
²⁹ Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
³⁰ And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
³¹ When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him,
³² Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
³³ Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
³⁴ I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
³⁵ This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
³⁶ He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
³⁷ This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him will ye hear.
³⁸ This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
³⁹ Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
⁴⁰ Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
⁴² Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness?
⁴³ Yes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
⁴⁵ Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
⁴⁶ Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house.
⁴⁸ Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,
⁴⁹ Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
⁵⁰ Hath not my hand made all these things?
⁵¹ Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
⁵² 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;
⁵³ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
⁵⁴ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
⁵⁶ And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
⁵⁷ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
⁵⁸ And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
⁶⁰ And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts - world english bible

Chapter 7

¹ high priest said, "Are these things so?"
² said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
³ said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
⁴ he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.
⁵ gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
⁶ spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
⁷ will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
⁸ gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
⁹ patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
¹⁰ delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
¹¹ a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
¹² when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
¹³ the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.
¹⁴ sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
¹⁵ went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
¹⁶ they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
¹⁷ as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
¹⁸ there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.
¹⁹ same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
²⁰ that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
²¹ he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
²² was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
²³ when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
²⁴ one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
²⁵ supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.
²⁶ day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
²⁷ he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
²⁸ you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
²⁹ fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
³⁰ forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
³¹ Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,
³² am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
³³ Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
³⁴ have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.'
³⁵ Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
³⁶ man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
³⁷ is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
³⁸ is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,
³⁹ whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
⁴⁰ to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
⁴¹ made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
⁴² God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
⁴³ took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.'
⁴⁴ fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
⁴⁵ also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
⁴⁶ found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ Solomon built him a house.
⁴⁸ the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
⁴⁹ is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?
⁵⁰ my hand make all these things?'
⁵¹ stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
⁵² 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.
⁵³ received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
⁵⁴ when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
⁵⁵ he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
⁵⁶ said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
⁵⁷ they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
⁵⁸ threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
⁵⁹ stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
⁶⁰ kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts - darby

Chapter 7

¹ And the high priest said, Are these things then so?
² And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
³ and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
⁴ Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which *ye* now dwell.
⁵ And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.
⁶ And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;
⁷ and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
⁸ And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
⁹ And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
¹¹ But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
¹² But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;
¹³ and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
¹⁴ And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.
¹⁵ And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
¹⁶ and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.
¹⁷ But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
¹⁸ until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.
¹⁹ *He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.
²⁰ In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.
²¹ And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a son.
²² And Moses was instructed in all [the] wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
²³ And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
²⁴ and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.
²⁵ For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.
²⁶ And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?
²⁷ But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?
²⁸ Dost *thou* wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
²⁹ And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.
³⁰ And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
³¹ And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,
³² *I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].
³³ And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
³⁴ I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
³⁵ This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
³⁶ *He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
³⁷ This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].
³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;
³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
⁴⁰ saying 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 happened to him.
⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
⁴² But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
⁴³ Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;
⁴⁵ which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of [the lands of] the nations, whom God drove out from [the] face of our fathers, until the days of David;
⁴⁶ who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
⁴⁷ but Solomon built him a house.
⁴⁸ But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,
⁴⁹ The heaven [is] my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith [the] Lord, or where [is the] place of my rest?
⁵⁰ has not my hand made all these things?
⁵¹ O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.
⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!
⁵³ who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
⁵⁴ And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.
⁵⁵ But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
⁵⁶ and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
⁵⁷ And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
⁵⁸ and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
⁶⁰ And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.

Acts - american standard version

Chapter 7

¹ And the high priest said, Are these things so?
² And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
³ and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
⁴ Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
⁵ and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
⁶ And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
⁷ And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
⁸ And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
⁹ And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
¹¹ Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
¹² But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
¹³ And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
¹⁴ And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
¹⁵ And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
¹⁶ and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
¹⁷ But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
¹⁸ till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
¹⁹ The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
²⁰ At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.
²¹ and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
²² And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
²³ But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
²⁴ And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
²⁵ and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
²⁶ And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
²⁷ But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
²⁸ Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
²⁹ And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
³⁰ And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
³¹ And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,
³² I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
³³ And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
³⁴ I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
³⁵ This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
³⁶ This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
³⁷ This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
³⁸ This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,
⁴⁰ saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
⁴² But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
⁴³ And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.
⁴⁵ Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
⁴⁶ who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house.
⁴⁸ Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
⁴⁹ The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
⁵⁰ Did not my hand make all these things?
⁵¹ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
⁵² 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;
⁵³ ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
⁵⁴ Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
⁵⁶ and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
⁵⁷ But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
⁵⁸ and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
⁶⁰ And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts - basic english

Chapter 7

¹ Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
² And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
³ And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.
⁴ Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:
⁵ And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
⁶ And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.
⁷ And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.
⁸ And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.
⁹ And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
¹⁰ And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
¹¹ Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
¹² But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.
¹³ And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.
¹⁴ Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.
¹⁵ And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;
¹⁶ And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
¹⁷ But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,
¹⁸ Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
¹⁹ He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.
²⁰ At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:
²¹ And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.
²² And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
²³ But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.
²⁴ And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:
²⁵ And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.
²⁶ And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
²⁷ But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
²⁸ Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
²⁹ And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.
³⁰ At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.
³¹ And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,
³² I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.
³³ And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
³⁴ Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
³⁵ This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.
³⁶ This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.
³⁷ This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.
³⁸ This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.
³⁹ By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,
⁴⁰ And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
⁴¹ And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.
⁴² But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?
⁴³ And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.
⁴⁴ Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.
⁴⁵ Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,
⁴⁶ Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ But Solomon was the builder of his house.
⁴⁸ But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
⁴⁹ Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?
⁵⁰ Did not my hand make all these things?
⁵¹ You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
⁵² Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
⁵³ You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
⁵⁴ Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
⁵⁵ But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.
⁵⁶ And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
⁵⁷ But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
⁵⁸ Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
⁵⁹ And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
⁶⁰ And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.