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The order of the feasts is given in Leviticus 23. Here the Passover and Tabernacles are given especial emphasis as marking the beginning and the consummation of God's ways with Israel; the former speaking of redemption, the foundation of all: the
latter, or re - gathered Israel blessed in the kingdom.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
The Feast of Weeks was 50 days after the Passover. Barley harvest commenced at Passover (our Easter time), and within 7 weeks the wheat harvest had begun. This 50 days was known as Pentecost, from the word for 50. But Pentecost was also the anniversary of God giving (Acts 2:1) the power to start Christ's
ecclesia was given.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
In chapter 16 the same phrase, "in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name" occurs three times (2, 6 & 11). On the first 2 occasions it relates to place where the Passover lamb was sacrificed. Surely this must have been of comfort to Christ to know that his Father's name, and all that it stood for, was exactly where he was being crucified. However we understand Christ's quotation from Psalm 22v1, he knew God was with him as he became our sacrificial lamb.
Lindsay Yuile [Glasgow South Scotland (UK)] Comment added in 2009 Reply to Lindsay
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1. Observe <8104>(8800) the month <2320> of Abib <24>, and keep <6213>(8804) the passover <6453> unto the LORD <3068> thy God <430>: for in the month <2320> of Abib <24> the LORD <3068> thy God <430> brought thee forth <3318>(8689) out of Egypt <4714> by night <3915>.
2. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice <2076>(8804) the passover <6453> unto the LORD <3068> thy God <430>, of the flock <6629> and the herd <1241>, in the place <4725> which the LORD <3068> shall choose <977>(8799) to place <7931>(8763) his name <8034> there.
3. Thou shalt eat <398>(8799) no leavened bread <2557> with it; seven <7651> days <3117> shalt thou eat <398>(8799) unleavened bread <4682> therewith, even the bread <3899> of affliction <6040>; for thou camest forth <3318>(8804) out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714> in haste <2649>: that thou mayest remember <2142>(8799) the day <3117> when thou camest forth <3318>(8800) out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714> all the days <3117> of thy life <2416>.
4. And there shall be no leavened bread <7603> seen <7200>(8735) with thee in all thy coast <1366> seven <7651> days <3117>; neither shall there any thing of the flesh <1320>, which thou sacrificedst <2076>(8799) the first <7223> day <3117> at even <6153>, remain <3885>(8799) all night until the morning <1242>.
5. Thou mayest <3201>(8799) not sacrifice <2076>(8800) the passover <6453> within any <259> of thy gates <8179>, which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> giveth <5414>(8802) thee:
6. But at the place <4725> which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> shall choose <977>(8799) to place <7931>(8763) his name <8034> in, there thou shalt sacrifice <2076>(8799) the passover <6453> at even <6153>, at the going down <935>(8800) of the sun <8121>, at the season <4150> that thou camest forth <3318>(8800) out of Egypt <4714>.
7. And thou shalt roast <1310>(8765) and eat <398>(8804) it in the place <4725> which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> shall choose <977>(8799): and thou shalt turn <6437>(8804) in the morning <1242>, and go <1980>(8804) unto thy tents <168>.
8. Six <8337> days <3117> thou shalt eat <398>(8799) unleavened bread <4682>: and on the seventh <7637> day <3117> shall be a solemn assembly <6116> to the LORD <3068> thy God <430>: thou shalt do <6213>(8799) no work <4399> therein.
9. Seven <7651> weeks <7620> shalt thou number <5608>(8799) unto thee: begin <2490>(8687) to number <5608>(8800) the seven <7651> weeks <7620> from such time as thou beginnest <2490>(8686) to put the sickle <2770> to the corn <7054>.
10. And thou shalt keep <6213>(8804) the feast <2282> of weeks <7620> unto the LORD <3068> thy God <430> with a tribute <4530> of a freewill offering <5071> of thine hand <3027>, which thou shalt give <5414>(8799) unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD <3068> thy God <430> hath blessed <1288>(8762) thee:
11. And thou shalt rejoice <8055>(8804) before <6440> the LORD <3068> thy God <430>, thou, and thy son <1121>, and thy daughter <1323>, and thy manservant <5650>, and thy maidservant <519>, and the Levite <3881> that is within thy gates <8179>, and the stranger <1616>, and the fatherless <3490>, and the widow <490>, that are among <7130> you, in the place <4725> which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> hath chosen <977>(8799) to place <7931>(8763) his name <8034> there.
12. And thou shalt remember <2142>(8804) that thou wast a bondman <5650> in Egypt <4714>: and thou shalt observe <8104>(8804) and do <6213>(8804) these statutes <2706>.
13. Thou shalt observe <6213>(8799) the feast <2282> of tabernacles <5521> seven <7651> days <3117>, after that thou hast gathered <622>(8800) in thy corn <1637> and thy wine <3342>:
14. And thou shalt rejoice <8055>(8804) in thy feast <2282>, thou, and thy son <1121>, and thy daughter <1323>, and thy manservant <5650>, and thy maidservant <519>, and the Levite <3881>, the stranger <1616>, and the fatherless <3490>, and the widow <490>, that are within thy gates <8179>.
15. Seven <7651> days <3117> shalt thou keep a solemn feast <2287>(8799) unto the LORD <3068> thy God <430> in the place <4725> which the LORD <3068> shall choose <977>(8799): because the LORD <3068> thy God <430> shall bless <1288>(8762) thee in all thine increase <8393>, and in all the works <4639> of thine hands <3027>, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice <8056>.
16. Three <7969> times <6471> in a year <8141> shall all thy males <2138> appear <7200>(8735) before <6440> the LORD <3068> thy God <430> in the place <4725> which he shall choose <977>(8799); in the feast <2282> of unleavened bread <4682>, and in the feast <2282> of weeks <7620>, and in the feast <2282> of tabernacles <5521>: and they shall not appear <7200>(8735) before <6440> the LORD <3068> empty <7387>:
17. Every man <376> shall give as he is able <4979> <3027>, according to the blessing <1293> of the LORD <3068> thy God <430> which he hath given <5414>(8804) thee.
18. Judges <8199>(8802) and officers <7860>(8802) shalt thou make <5414>(8799) thee in all thy gates <8179>, which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> giveth <5414>(8802) thee, throughout thy tribes <7626>: and they shall judge <8199>(8804) the people <5971> with just <6664> judgment <4941>.
19. Thou shalt not wrest <5186>(8686) judgment <4941>; thou shalt not respect <5234>(8686) persons <6440>, neither take <3947>(8799) a gift <7810>: for a gift <7810> doth blind <5786>(8762) the eyes <5869> of the wise <2450>, and pervert <5557>(8762) the words <1697> of the righteous <6662>.
20. That which is altogether <6664> just <6664> shalt thou follow <7291>(8799), that thou mayest live <2421>(8799), and inherit <3423>(8804) the land <776> which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> giveth <5414>(8802) thee.
21. Thou shalt not plant <5193>(8799) thee a grove <842> of any trees <6086> near <681> unto the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> thy God <430>, which thou shalt make <6213>(8799) thee.
22. Neither shalt thou set thee up <6965>(8686) any image <4676>; which the LORD <3068> thy God <430> hateth <8130>(8804).
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1. Who is as the wise <2450> man? and who knoweth <3045>(8802) the interpretation <6592> of a thing <1697>? a man's <120> wisdom <2451> maketh his face <6440> to shine <215>(8686), and the boldness <5797> of his face <6440> shall be changed <8132>(8792).
2. I counsel thee to keep <8104>(8798) the king's <4428> commandment <6310>, and that in regard <1700> of the oath <7621> of God <430>.
3. Be not hasty <926>(8735) to go out <3212>(8799) of his sight <6440>: stand <5975>(8799) not in an evil <7451> thing <1697>; for he doeth <6213>(8799) whatsoever pleaseth <2654>(8799) him.
4. Where the word <1697> of a king <4428> is, there is power <7983>: and who may say <559>(8799) unto him, What doest <6213>(8799) thou?
5. Whoso keepeth <8104>(8802) the commandment <4687> shall feel <3045>(8799) no evil <7451> thing <1697>: and a wise man's <2450> heart <3820> discerneth <3045>(8799) both time <6256> and judgment <4941>.
6. Because to every purpose <2656> there is <3426> time <6256> and judgment <4941>, therefore the misery <7451> of man <120> is great <7227> upon him.
7. For he knoweth <3045>(8802) not that which shall be: for who can tell <5046>(8686) him when it shall be?
8. There is no man <120> that hath power <7989> over the spirit <7307> to retain <3607>(8800) the spirit <7307>; neither hath he power <7983> in the day <3117> of death <4194>: and there is no discharge <4917> in that war <4421>; neither shall wickedness <7562> deliver <4422>(8762) those that are given <1167> to it.
9. All this have I seen <7200>(8804), and applied <5414>(8800) my heart <3820> unto every work <4639> that is done <6213>(8738) under the sun <8121>: there is a time <6256> wherein one man <120> ruleth <7980>(8804) over another to his own hurt <7451>.
10. And so <3651> I saw <7200>(8804) the wicked <7563> buried <6912>(8803), who had come <935>(8804) and gone <1980>(8762) from the place <4725> of the holy <6918>, and they were forgotten <7911>(8691) in the city <5892> where they had so done <6213>(8804): this is also vanity <1892>.
11. Because sentence <6599> against an evil <7451> work <4639> is not executed <6213>(8738) speedily <4120>, therefore the heart <3820> of the sons <1121> of men <120> is fully set <4390>(8804) in them to do <6213>(8800) evil <7451>.
12. Though a sinner <2398>(8802) do <6213>(8802) evil <7451> an hundred times <3967>, and his days be prolonged <748>(8688), yet surely I know <3045>(8802) that it shall be well <2896> with them that fear <3373> God <430>, which fear <3372>(8799) before <6440> him:
13. But it shall not be well <2896> with the wicked <7563>, neither shall he prolong <748>(8686) his days <3117>, which are as a shadow <6738>; because he feareth <3373> not before <6440> God <430>.
14. There is <3426> a vanity <1892> which is done <6213>(8738) upon the earth <776>; that there be just <6662> men, unto whom it happeneth <5060>(8688) according to the work <4639> of the wicked <7563>; again, there be <3426> wicked <7563> men, to whom it happeneth <5060>(8688) according to the work <4639> of the righteous <6662>: I said <559>(8804) that this also <1571> is vanity <1892>.
15. Then I commended <7623>(8765) mirth <8057>, because a man <120> hath no better thing <2896> under the sun <8121>, than to eat <398>(8800), and to drink <8354>(8800), and to be merry <8055>(8800): for that shall abide <3867>(8799) with him of his labour <5999> the days <3117> of his life <2416>, which God <430> giveth <5414>(8804) him under the sun <8121>.
16. When I applied <5414>(8804) mine heart <3820> to know <3045>(8800) wisdom <2451>, and to see <7200>(8800) the business <6045> that is done <6213>(8738) upon the earth <776>: (for also there is that neither day <3117> nor night <3915> seeth <7200>(8802) sleep <8142> with his eyes <5869>:)
17. Then I beheld <7200>(8804) all the work <4639> of God <430>, that a man <120> cannot <3201>(8799) find out <4672>(8800) the work <4639> that is done <6213>(8738) under the sun <8121>: because <834> though <7945> a man <120> labour <5998>(8799) to seek it out <1245>(8763), yet he shall not find <4672>(8799) it; yea further; though a wise <2450> man think <559>(8799) to know <3045>(8800) it, yet shall he not be able <3201>(8799) to find <4672>(8800) it.
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Acts 7 provides a handy historical summary of God's dealings with His people Israel from Abraham to early first century AD. There are other summation chapters, like Psalm 78.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Michael
Very few people have seen Jesus since his ascension, but Stephen is one. Paul is another (Gal 1:11,12), and John is another (Rev 1:12-18)
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to David
The phrase "our fathers" is repeated throughout this chapter (v11,12,15,19,38,39,44,45)
Then when we get to v51,52 we see a subtle difference as it becomes "your fathers" who have persecuted and slain the prophets.
James Walker [Milnsbridge UK] Comment added in 2011 Reply to James
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1. Then <1161> said <2036>(5627) the high priest <749>, Are <1487> <686> <2192>(5719) these things <5023> so <3779>?
2. And <1161> he said <5346>(5713), Men <435>, brethren <80>, and <2532> fathers <3962>, hearken <191>(5657); The God <2316> of glory <1391> appeared <3700>(5681) unto our <2257> father <3962> Abraham <11>, when he was <5607>(5752) in <1722> Mesopotamia <3318>, before <4250> <2228> he dwelt <2730>(5658) in <1722> Charran <5488>,
3. And <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> him <846>, Get thee <1831>(5628) out of <1537> thy <4675> country <1093>, and <2532> from <1537> thy <4675> kindred <4772>, and <2532> come <1204>(5773) into <1519> the land <1093> which <3739> <302> I shall shew <1166>(5692) thee <4671>.
4. Then <5119> came he <1831>(5631) out of <1537> the land <1093> of the Chaldaeans <5466>, and dwelt <2730>(5656) in <1722> Charran <5488>: and from thence <2547>, when <3326> his <846> father <3962> was dead <599>(5629), he removed <3351>(5656) him <846> into <1519> this <5026> land <1093>, wherein <1519> <3739> ye <5210> now <3568> dwell <2730>(5719).
5. And <2532> he gave <1325>(5656) him <846> none <3756> inheritance <2817> in <1722> it <846>, no, not <3761> so much as to set <968> <0> his foot <4228> on <968>: yet <2532> he promised <1861>(5662) that he would give <1325>(5629) it <846> to him <846> for <1519> a possession <2697>, and <2532> to his <846> seed <4690> after <3326> him <846>, when as yet he <846> had <5607>(5752) no <3756> child <5043>.
6. And <1161> God <2316> spake <2980>(5656) on this wise <3779>, That <3754> his <846> seed <4690> should <2071>(5704) sojourn <3941> in <1722> a strange <245> land <1093>; and <2532> that they should bring <1402> <0> them <846> into bondage <1402>(5692), and <2532> entreat them evil <2559>(5692) four hundred <5071> years <2094>.
7. And <2532> the nation <1484> to whom <3739> <1437> they shall be in bondage <1398>(5661) will <2919> <0> I <1473> judge <2919>(5692), said <2036>(5627) God <2316>: and <2532> after <3326> that <5023> shall they come forth <1831>(5695), and <2532> serve <3000>(5692) me <3427> in <1722> this <5129> place <5117>.
8. And <2532> he gave <1325>(5656) him <846> the covenant <1242> of circumcision <4061>: and <2532> so <3779> Abraham begat <1080>(5656) Isaac <2464>, and <2532> circumcised <4059>(5627) him <846> the eighth <3590> day <2250>; and <2532> Isaac <2464> begat Jacob <2384>; and <2532> Jacob <2384> begat the twelve <1427> patriarchs <3966>.
9. And <2532> the patriarchs <3966>, moved with envy <2206>(5660), sold <591>(5639) Joseph <2501> into <1519> Egypt <125>: but <2532> God <2316> was <2258>(5713) with <3326> him <846>,
10. And <2532> delivered <1807>(5639) him <846> out of <1537> all <3956> his <846> afflictions <2347>, and <2532> gave <1325>(5656) him <846> favour <5485> and <2532> wisdom <4678> in the sight <1726> of Pharaoh <5328> king <935> of Egypt <125>; and <2532> he made <2525>(5656) him <846> governor <2233>(5740) over <1909> Egypt <125> and <2532> all <3650> his <848> house <3624>.
11. Now <1161> there came <2064>(5627) a dearth <3042> over <1909> all <3650> the land <1093> of Egypt <125> and <2532> Chanaan <5477>, and <2532> great <3173> affliction <2347>: and <2532> our <2257> fathers <3962> found <2147>(5707) no <3756> sustenance <5527>.
12. But <1161> when Jacob <2384> heard <191>(5660) that there was <5607>(5752) corn <4621> in <1722> Egypt <125>, he sent out <1821>(5656) our <2257> fathers <3962> first <4412>.
13. And <2532> at <1722> the second <1208> time Joseph <2501> was made known <319>(5681) to his <848> brethren <80>; and <2532> Joseph's <2501> kindred <1085> was made <1096>(5633) known <5318> unto Pharaoh <5328>.
14. Then <1161> sent <649>(5660) Joseph <2501>, and called <3333>(5668) his <848> father <3962> Jacob <2384> to him, and <2532> all <3956> his <848> kindred <4772>, <1722> threescore <1440> and fifteen <4002> souls <5590>.
15. So <1161> Jacob <2384> went down <2597>(5627) into <1519> Egypt <125>, and <2532> died <5053>(5656), he <846>, and <2532> our <2257> fathers <3962>,
16. And <2532> were carried over <3346>(5681) into <1519> Sychem <4966>, and <2532> laid <5087>(5681) in <1722> the sepulchre <3418> that <3739> Abraham <11> bought <5608>(5662) for a sum <5092> of money <694> of <3844> the sons <5207> of Emmor <1697> the father <3588> of Sychem <4966>.
17. But <1161> when <2531> the time <5550> of the promise <1860> drew nigh <1448>(5707), which <3739> God <2316> had sworn <3660>(5656) to Abraham <11>, the people <2992> grew <837>(5656) and <2532> multiplied <4129>(5681) in <1722> Egypt <125>,
18. Till <891> another <2087> king <935> arose <450>(5627), which <3739> knew <1492>(5715) not <3756> Joseph <2501>.
19. The same <3778> dealt subtilly <2686>(5666) with our <2257> kindred <1085>, and evil entreated <2559>(5656) our <2257> fathers <3962>, so that <4160>(5721) they cast out <1570> their <848> young children <1025>, to the end <1519> they might <2225> <0> not <3361> live <2225>(5745).
20. In <1722> which <3739> time <2540> Moses <3475> was born <1080>(5681), and <2532> was <2258>(5713) exceeding <2316> fair <791>, and <3739> nourished up <397>(5648) in <1722> his <848> father's <3962> house <3624> three <5140> months <3376>:
21. And <1161> when he was cast out <1620>(5685), Pharaoh's <5328> daughter <2364> took <337> <0> him <846> up <337>(5639), and <2532> nourished <397>(5668) him <846> for <1519> her own <1438> son <5207>.
22. And <2532> Moses <3475> was learned <3811>(5681) in all <3956> the wisdom <4678> of the Egyptians <124>, and <1161> was <2258>(5713) mighty <1415> in <1722> words <3056> and <2532> in <1722> deeds <2041>.
23. And <1161> when <5613> he <846> was full <4137>(5712) forty years <5063> old <5550>, it came <305>(5627) into <1909> his <846> heart <2588> to visit <1980>(5664) his <848> brethren <80> the children <5207> of Israel <2474>.
24. And <2532> seeing <1492>(5631) one <5100> of them suffer wrong <91>(5746), he defended <292>(5662) him, and <2532> avenged <1557> <4160>(5656) him that was oppressed <2669>(5746), and smote <3960>(5660) the Egyptian <124>:
25. For <1161> he supposed <3543>(5707) his <848> brethren <80> would have understood <4920>(5721) how <3754> that God <2316> by <1223> his <846> hand <5495> would deliver <1325>(5719) <4991> them <846>: but <1161> they understood <4920>(5656) not <3756>.
26. And <5037> the next <1966>(5752) day <2250> he shewed himself <3700>(5681) unto them <846> as they strove <3164>(5736), and <2532> would have set <4900>(5656) them <846> at <1519> one again <1515>, saying <2036>(5631), Sirs <435>, ye <5210> are <2075>(5748) brethren <80>; why <2444> do ye wrong <91>(5719) one to another <240>?
27. But <1161> he that did <91> <0> his neighbour <4139> wrong <91>(5723) thrust <683> <0> him <846> away <683>(5662), saying <2036>(5631), Who <5101> made <2525>(5656) thee <4571> a ruler <758> and <2532> a judge <1348> over <1909> us <2248>?
28. Wilt <3361> <2309>(5719) thou <4771> kill <337>(5629) me <3165>, as <3739> <5158> thou diddest <337>(5627) the Egyptian <124> yesterday <5504>?
29. Then <1161> fled <5343>(5627) Moses <3475> at <1722> this <5129> saying <3056>, and <2532> was <1096>(5633) a stranger <3941> in <1722> the land <1093> of Madian <3099>, where <3757> he begat <1080>(5656) two <1417> sons <5207>.
30. And <2532> when forty <5062> years <2094> were expired <4137>(5685), there appeared <3700>(5681) to him <846> in <1722> the wilderness <2048> of mount <3735> Sina <4614> an angel <32> of the Lord <2962> in <1722> a flame <5395> of fire <4442> in a bush <942>.
31. When <1161> Moses <3475> saw <1492>(5631) it, he wondered <2296>(5656) at the sight <3705>: and <1161> as he drew near <4334>(5740) to behold <2657>(5658) it, the voice <5456> of the Lord <2962> came <1096>(5633) unto <4314> him <846>,
32. Saying, I <1473> am the God <2316> of thy <4675> fathers <3962>, the God <2316> of Abraham <11>, and <2532> the God <2316> of Isaac <2464>, and <2532> the God <2316> of Jacob <2384>. Then <1161> Moses <3475> trembled <1096>(5637) <1790>, and durst <5111>(5707) not <3756> behold <2657>(5658).
33. Then <1161> said <2036>(5627) the Lord <2962> to him <846>, Put off <3089>(5657) thy shoes <5266> from thy <4675> feet <4228>: for <1063> the place <5117> where <1722> <3739> thou standest <2476>(5758) is <2076>(5748) holy <40> ground <1093>.
34. I have seen <1492>(5631), I have seen <1492>(5627) the affliction <2561> of my <3450> people <2992> which <3588> is in <1722> Egypt <125>, and <2532> I have heard <191>(5656) their <846> groaning <4726>, and <2532> am come down <2597>(5627) to deliver <1807>(5641) them <846>. And <2532> now <3568> come <1204>(5773), I will send <649>(5692) thee <4571> into <1519> Egypt <125>.
35. This <5126> Moses <3475> whom <3739> they refused <720>(5662), saying <2036>(5631), Who <5101> made <2525>(5656) thee <4571> a ruler <758> and <2532> a judge <1348>? the same <5126> did God <2316> send <649>(5656) to be a ruler <758> and <2532> a deliverer <3086> by <1722> the hand <5495> of the angel <32> which <3588> appeared <3700>(5685) to him <846> in <1722> the bush <942>.
36. He <3778> brought <1806> <0> them <846> out <1806>(5627), after that he had shewed <4160>(5660) wonders <5059> and <2532> signs <4592> in <1722> the land <1093> of Egypt <125>, and <2532> in <1722> the Red <2063> sea <2281>, and <2532> in <1722> the wilderness <2048> forty <5062> years <2094>.
37. This <3778> is <2076>(5748) that Moses <3475>, which <3588> said <2036>(5631) unto the children <5207> of Israel <2474>, A prophet <4396> shall <450> <0> the Lord <2962> your <5216> God <2316> raise up <450>(5692) unto you <5213> of <1537> your <5216> brethren <80>, like <5613> unto me <1691>; him <846> shall ye hear <191>(5695).
38. This <3778> is he <2076>(5748), that was <1096>(5637) in <1722> the church <1577> in <1722> the wilderness <2048> with <3326> the angel <32> which <3588> spake <2980>(5723) to him <846> in <1722> the mount <3735> Sina <4614>, and <2532> with our <2257> fathers <3962>: who <3739> received <1209>(5662) the lively <2198>(5723) oracles <3051> to give <1325>(5629) unto us <2254>:
39. To whom <3739> our <2257> fathers <3962> would <2309>(5656) not <3756> obey <1096>(5635) <5255>, but <235> thrust him from them <683>(5662), and <2532> in their <848> hearts <2588> turned back again <4762>(5648) into <1519> Egypt <125>,
40. Saying <2036>(5631) unto Aaron <2>, Make <4160>(5657) us <2254> gods <2316> to <3739> go before <4313>(5695) us <2257>: for <1063> as for this <3778> Moses <3475>, which <3739> brought <1806>(5627) us <2248> out of <1537> the land <1093> of Egypt <125>, we wot <1492>(5758) not <3756> what <5101> is become <1096>(5754) of him <846>.
41. And <2532> they made a calf <3447>(5656) in <1722> those <1565> days <2250>, and <2532> offered <321>(5627) sacrifice <2378> unto the idol <1497>, and <2532> rejoiced <2165>(5712) in <1722> the works <2041> of their own <848> hands <5495>.
42. Then <1161> God <2316> turned <4762>(5656), and <2532> gave <3860> <0> them <846> up <3860>(5656) to worship <3000>(5721) the host <4756> of heaven <3772>; as it <2531> is written <1125>(5769) in <1722> the book <976> of the prophets <4396>, O ye house <3624> of Israel <2474>, have ye offered <3361> <4374>(5656) to me <3427> slain beasts <4968> and <2532> sacrifices <2378> by the space of forty <5062> years <2094> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>?
43. Yea <2532>, ye took up <353>(5627) the tabernacle <4633> of Moloch <3434>, and <2532> the star <798> of your <5216> god <2316> Remphan <4481>, figures <5179> which <3739> ye made <4160>(5656) to worship <4352>(5721) them <846>: and <2532> I will carry <3351> <0> you <5209> away <3351>(5692) beyond <1900> Babylon <897>.
44. Our <2257> fathers <3962> had <2258>(5713) the tabernacle <4633> of witness <3142> <1722> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>, as <2531> he had appointed <1299>(5668), speaking <2980>(5723) unto Moses <3475>, that he should make <4160>(5658) it <846> according <2596> to the fashion <5179> that <3739> he had seen <3708>(5715).
45. Which <3739> also <2532> our <2257> fathers <3962> that came <1237>(5666) after brought in <1521>(5627) with <3326> Jesus <2424> into <1722> the possession <2697> of the Gentiles <1484>, whom <3739> God <2316> drave out <1856>(5656) before <575> the face <4383> of our <2257> fathers <3962>, unto <2193> the days <2250> of David <1138>;
46. Who <3739> found <2147>(5627) favour <5485> before <1799> God <2316>, and <2532> desired <154>(5668) to find <2147>(5629) a tabernacle <4638> for the God <2316> of Jacob <2384>.
47. But <1161> Solomon <4672> built <3618>(5656) him <846> an house <3624>.
48. Howbeit <235> the most High <5310> dwelleth <2730>(5719) not <3756> in <1722> temples <3485> made with hands <5499>; as <2531> saith <3004>(5719) the prophet <4396>,
49. Heaven <3772> is my <3427> throne <2362>, and <1161> earth <1093> is my <3450> footstool <4228> <5286>: what <4169> house <3624> will ye build <3618>(5692) me <3427>? saith <3004>(5719) the Lord <2962>: or <2228> what <5101> is the place <5117> of my <3450> rest <2663>?
50. Hath <4160> <0> not <3780> my <3450> hand <5495> made <4160>(5656) all <3956> these things <5023>?
51. Ye stiffnecked <4644> and <2532> uncircumcised <564> in heart <2588> and <2532> ears <3775>, ye <5210> do <496> <0> always <104> resist <496>(5719) the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>: as <5613> your <5216> fathers <3962> did, so <2532> do ye <5210>.
52. Which <5101> of the prophets <4396> have <1377> <0> not <3756> your <5216> fathers <3962> persecuted <1377>(5656)? and <2532> they have slain <615>(5656) them which <3588> shewed before <4293>(5660) of <4012> the coming <1660> of the Just One <1342>; of whom <3739> ye <5210> have been <1096>(5769) now <3568> the betrayers <4273> and <2532> murderers <5406>:
53. Who <3748> have received <2983>(5627) the law <3551> by <1519> the disposition <1296> of angels <32>, and <2532> have <5442> <0> not <3756> kept <5442>(5656) it.
54. When <1161> they heard <191>(5723) these things <5023>, they were cut <1282>(5712) to the heart <848> <2588>, and <2532> they gnashed <1031>(5707) on <1909> him <846> with their teeth <3599>.
55. But <1161> he, being <5225>(5723) full <4134> of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>, looked up stedfastly <816>(5660) into <1519> heaven <3772>, and saw <1492>(5627) the glory <1391> of God <2316>, and <2532> Jesus <2424> standing <2476>(5761) on <1537> the right hand <1188> of God <2316>,
56. And <2532> said <2036>(5627), Behold <2400>(5628), I see <2334>(5719) the heavens <3772> opened <455>(5772), and <2532> the Son <5207> of man <444> standing <2476>(5761) on <1537> the right hand <1188> of God <2316>.
57. Then <1161> they cried out <2896>(5660) with a loud <3173> voice <5456>, and stopped <4912>(5627) their <848> ears <3775>, and <2532> ran <3729>(5656) upon <1909> him <846> with one accord <3661>,
58. And <2532> cast <1544>(5631) him out of <1854> the city <4172>, and stoned <3036>(5707) him: and <2532> the witnesses <3144> laid down <659>(5639) their <848> clothes <2440> at <3844> a young man's <3494> feet <4228>, whose name was <2564>(5746) Saul <4569>.
59. And <2532> they stoned <3036>(5707) Stephen <4736>, calling upon <1941>(5734) God, and <2532> saying <3004>(5723), Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, receive <1209>(5663) my <3450> spirit <4151>.
60. And <1161> he kneeled down <5087>(5631) <1119>, and cried <2896>(5656) with a loud <3173> voice <5456>, Lord <2962>, lay <2476>(5661) not <3361> this <5026> sin <266> to their <846> charge. And <2532> when he had said <2036>(5631) this <5124>, he fell asleep <2837>(5681).