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You Always Resist God! Your Fathers Killed The Prophets, And You The Messiah

51 “Stiff-necked ones, and uncircumcised in your hearts and ears— you are always resisting[a] the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, you also[b] are doing. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed the ones having announced-beforehand about the coming of the righteous One, of Whom you now became[c] betrayers[d] and murderers— 53 you who received the Law by the directions[e] of [f] angels and did not keep it!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:51 Or, opposing.
  2. Acts 7:51 Both rejected God’s appointed messenger and put an improper value on a man-made temple.
  3. Acts 7:52 Or, proved-to-be.
  4. Acts 7:52 Or, traitors.
  5. Acts 7:53 Or, decrees, ordinances.
  6. Acts 7:53 That is, given to; or, given by.

51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(E) but have not obeyed it.”

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