Acts 7

1Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The Elohim of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3And said unto him, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew you. 4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child. 6And Elohim spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat evil four hundred years. 7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said Elohim: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. 8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. 9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but Elohim was with him, 10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13And at the second Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. 14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to , and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, 16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor of Sychem. 17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which Elohim had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. 22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24And seeing one suffer wrong, he defended , and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 25For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that Elohim by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 26And the next day he shewed himself 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? 27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28will you kill me, as you diddest the Egyptian yesterday? 29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. 30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 31When Moses saw , he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold , the voice of the Lord came unto him, 32, I the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, and the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 33Then said the Lord to him, Put off your shoes from your feet: for the place where you standest is holy ground. 34I have seen, 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, I will send you into Egypt. 35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did Elohim send a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 37This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Yahuah your Elohim raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42Then Elohim 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 forty years in the wilderness? 43yes, 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. 44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Yahusha into the possession of the Gentiles, whom Elohim drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46Who found favour before Elohim, and desired to find a tabernacle for the Elohim of Jacob. 47But Solomon built him an house. 48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet, 49Heaven my throne, and earth my footstool: what house will ye build me? says the Lord: or what the place of my rest? 50has not my hand made all these things? 51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Set-Apart Spirit: as your fathers , so ye. 52Which 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: 53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept . 54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with teeth. 55But he, being full of the Set-Apart Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of Elohim, and Yahusha standing on the right hand of Elohim, 56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of Elohim. 57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58And cast out of the city, and stoned : and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon , and saying, Lord Yahusha, receive my spirit. 60And 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.