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And the high priest said, “Do these things hold so?”

Stephen Defends Himself Before The Sanhedrin:

And the one said, “Men, brothers, and fathers, listen—

God Promised Abraham’s Descendants Would Inherit The Land

“The God of [a] glory appeared to our father Abraham while being in Mesopotamia, before he dwelled in Haran, and said to him [in Gen 12:1], ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come to the land which I will show you’.

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  1. Acts 7:2 That is, characterized by. The glorious God.

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

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  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1