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Stephen Speaks about the God of Abraham

The head religious leader asked Stephen, “Are these things true?” Stephen said, “My brothers and fathers, listen to me. The great God showed Himself to our early father Abraham while he lived in the country of Mesopotamia. This was before he moved to the country of Haran. God said to him, ‘Leave your family and this land where you were born. Go to a land that I will show you.’

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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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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1