Acts 7:1
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
- KJV
- Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
- WEB
- The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
- ASV
- And the high priest said, Are these things so?
- DARBY
- And the high priest said, Are these things then so?
- BLB
- And the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
- ÅB
- Ypperstepresten sa da: Er dette sant?
- OTB
- Ypperstepresten spurte da Stefanus: «Er disse anklagene sanne?»
- B1930
- Ypperstepresten sa da: Er dette sant?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 18:19–21
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
Read in contextMatthew 26:61–62
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
Read in contextMark 14:58–60
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
Read in contextJohn 18:33–35
Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Read in contextActs 6:13–14
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
Read in context