TWMC
The high priest asked, “Is this account true?”
KJV
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Greek
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεύς, Εἰ ἄρα ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει;
Romanized Greek
Eipen de ho archiereus, Ei ara tauta houtōs echei?
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Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, please listen. The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia, before Abraham made his home in Haran.
KJV
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Greek
Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, ἀκούσατε. Ὁ θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ, πρὶν ἢ κατοικῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν Χαρράν,
Romanized Greek
Ho de ephē, Andres adelphoi kai pateres, akousate. Ho theos tēs doxēs ōphthē tō patri hēmōn Abraam onti en tē Mesopotamia, prin ē katoikēsai auton en Charran,
TWMC
God told him, ‘Leave your homeland and your relatives, and come to the country I will show you.’
KJV
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Greek
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου, καὶ δεῦρο εἰς γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω.
Romanized Greek
kai eipen pros auton, Exelthe ek tēs gēs sou kai ek tēs syngeneias sou, kai deuro eis gēn hēn an soi deixō.
TWMC
So Abraham left the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father’s death, God moved him from there to this land where you now live.
KJV
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
Greek
Τότε ἐξελθὼν ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων κατῴκησεν ἐν Χαρράν∙ κἀκεῖθεν, μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, μετῴκισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς νῦν κατοικεῖτε∙
Romanized Greek
Tote exelthōn ek gēs Chaldaiōn katōkēsen en Charran; kakeithen, meta to apothanein ton patera autou, metōkisen auton eis tēn gēn tautēn eis hēn hymeis nyn katoikeite;
TWMC
God did not give him any land here as his inheritance—not even enough to set his foot on. Yet He promised that Abraham would possess this land, and that his descendants would possess it after him, even though Abraham did not yet have a child.
KJV
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as 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 as yet he had no child.
Greek
καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ, οὐδὲ βῆμα ποδός∙ καὶ ἐπηγγείλατο δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτήν, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν, οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου.
Romanized Greek
kai ouk edōken autō klēronomian en autē, oude bēma podos; kai epēngeilato dounai autō eis kataschesin autēn, kai tō spermati autou met’ auton, ouk ontos autō teknou.
TWMC
God also told him that his descendants would live as foreigners in someone else’s country, where they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
KJV
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Greek
Ἐλάλησεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ θεός, ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν, ἔτη τετρακόσια.
Romanized Greek
Elalēsen de houtōs ho theos, hoti estai to sperma autou paroikon en gē allotria, kai doulōsousin auto kai kakōsousin, etē tetrakosia.
TWMC
‘But I will bring judgment on the nation that enslaves them,’ God said. ‘Afterward they will leave that country and worship Me here.’
KJV
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Greek
Καὶ τὸ ἔθνος, ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσωσιν, κρινῶ ἐγώ, εἶπεν ὁ θεός∙ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται, καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ.
Romanized Greek
Kai to ethnos, hō ean douleusōsin, krinō egō, eipen ho theos; kai meta tauta exeleusontai, kai latreusousin moi en tō topō toutō.
TWMC
God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. Abraham then became Isaac’s father and circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac became Jacob’s father, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
KJV
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Greek
Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην περιτομῆς∙ καὶ οὕτως ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαάκ, καὶ περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ∙ καὶ ὁ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ ὁ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς δώδεκα πατριάρχας.
Romanized Greek
Kai edōken autō diathēkēn peritomēs; kai houtōs egennēsen ton Isaak, kai perietemen auton tē hēmera tē ogdoē; kai ho Isaak ton Iakōb, kai ho Iakōb tous dōdeka patriarchas.
TWMC
“Those patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him away to Egypt. But God remained with him.
KJV
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Greek
Καὶ οἱ πατριάρχαι ζηλώσαντες τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἀπέδοντο εἰς Αἴγυπτον∙ καὶ ἦν ὁ θεὸς μετ’ αὐτοῦ,
Romanized Greek
Kai hoi patriarchai zēlōsantes ton Iōsēph apedonto eis Aigypton; kai ēn ho theos met’ autou,
TWMC
God brought him through all his troubles and gave him wisdom and favor before Pharaoh, Egypt’s king. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of Egypt and his entire household.
KJV
And 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.
Greek
καὶ ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χάριν καὶ σοφίαν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ὅλον τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
Romanized Greek
kai exeileto auton ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn autou, kai edōken autō charin kai sophian enantion Pharaō basileōs Aigyptou, kai katestēsen auton hēgoumenon ep’ Aigypton kai holon ton oikon autou.
TWMC
Then famine struck all of Egypt and Canaan, bringing severe hardship. Our ancestors could find nothing to eat.
KJV
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Greek
Ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου καὶ Χαναάν, καὶ θλίψις μεγάλη∙ καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.
Romanized Greek
Ēlthen de limos eph’ holēn tēn gēn Aigyptou kai Chanaan, kai thlipsis megalē; kai ouch heuriskon chortasmata hoi pateres hēmōn.
TWMC
When Jacob learned that grain was available in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there on their first journey.
KJV
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Greek
Ἀκούσας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὄντα σῖτα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν πρῶτον.
Romanized Greek
Akousas de Iakōb onta sita en Aigyptō, exapesteilen tous pateras hēmōn prōton.
TWMC
On their second visit, Joseph revealed who he was to his brothers, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.
KJV
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Greek
Καὶ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ἀνεγνωρίσθη Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ φανερὸν ἐγένετο τῷ Φαραὼ τὸ γένος τοῦ Ἰωσήφ.
Romanized Greek
Kai en tō deuterō anegnōristhē Iōsēph tois adelphois autou, kai phaneron egeneto tō Pharaō to genos tou Iōsēph.
TWMC
Joseph sent for his father Jacob and the whole family—seventy-five people.
KJV
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Greek
Ἀποστείλας δὲ Ἰωσὴφ μετεκαλέσατο τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συγγένειαν, ἐν ψυχαῖς ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε.
Romanized Greek
Aposteilas de Iōsēph metekalesato ton patera autou Iakōb, kai pasan tēn syngeneian, en psychais hebdomēkonta pente.
TWMC
Jacob went down to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.
KJV
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Greek
Κατέβη δὲ Ἰακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν∙
Romanized Greek
Katebē de Iakōb eis Aigypton, kai eteleutēsen autos kai hoi pateres hēmōn;
TWMC
Their remains were brought back to Shechem and placed in the burial place Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.
KJV
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
Greek
καὶ μετετέθησαν εἰς Συχέμ, καὶ ἐτέθησαν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ὃ ὠνήσατο Ἀβραὰμ τιμῆς ἀργυρίου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐμμὸρ τοῦ Συχέμ.
Romanized Greek
kai metetethēsan eis Sychem, kai etethēsan en tō mnēmati ho ōnēsato Abraam timēs argyriou para tōn huiōn Emmor tou Sychem.
TWMC
“As the time approached for God to fulfill the promise He had sworn to Abraham, our people grew greatly in number in Egypt.
KJV
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Greek
Καθὼς δὲ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ὤμοσεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ, ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ,
Romanized Greek
Kathōs de ēngizen ho chronos tēs epangelias hēs ōmosen ho theos tō Abraam, ēuxēsen ho laos kai eplēthynthē en Aigyptō,
TWMC
Then a different king came to power, one who did not know Joseph.
KJV
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Greek
ἄχρι οὗ ἀνέστη βασιλεὺς ἕτερος, ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ.
Romanized Greek
achri hou anestē basileus heteros, hos ouk ēdei ton Iōsēph.
TWMC
He dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their babies so that the children would die.
KJV
The 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.
Greek
Οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν, ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τοῦ ποιεῖν ἔκθετα τὰ βρέφη αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
Romanized Greek
Houtos katasophisamenos to genos hēmōn, ekakōsen tous pateras hēmōn, tou poiein ektheta ta brephē autōn, eis to mē zōogoneisthai.
TWMC
Moses was born during that time. He was beautiful in God’s sight, and for three months he was cared for in his father’s house.
KJV
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
Greek
Ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ ἐγεννήθη Μωσῆς, καὶ ἦν ἀστεῖος τῷ θεῷ∙ ὃς ἀνετράφη μῆνας τρεῖς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός.
Romanized Greek
En hō kairō egennēthē Mōsēs, kai ēn asteios tō theō; hos anetraphē mēnas treis en tō oikō tou patros.
TWMC
After he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him into her care and raised him as her own son.
KJV
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Greek
Ἐκτεθέντα δὲ αὐτόν, ἀνείλετο ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραώ, καὶ ἀνεθρέψατο αὐτὸν ἑαυτῇ εἰς υἱόν.
Romanized Greek
Ektethenta de auton, aneileto hē thygatēr Pharaō, kai anethrepsato auton heautē eis huion.
TWMC
Moses received an education in all the learning of Egypt. He was powerful in what he said and what he did.
KJV
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Greek
Καὶ ἐπαιδεύθη Μωσῆς πάσῃ σοφίᾳ Αἰγυπτίων∙ ἦν δὲ δυνατὸς ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις.
Romanized Greek
Kai epaideuthē Mōsēs pasē sophia Aigyptiōn; ēn de dynatos en logois kai ergois.
TWMC
“When Moses reached forty years of age, he felt moved to visit his own people, the Israelites.
KJV
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Greek
Ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦτο αὐτῷ τεσσαρακονταετὴς χρόνος, ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ.
Romanized Greek
Hōs de eplērouto autō tessarakontaetēs chronos, anebē epi tēn kardian autou episkepsasthai tous adelphous autou tous huious Israēl.
TWMC
He saw one of them being abused and came to his defense, avenging the mistreated man by killing the Egyptian.
KJV
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Greek
Καὶ ἰδών τινα ἀδικούμενον, ἠμύνατο καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκδίκησιν τῷ καταπονουμένῳ, πατάξας τὸν Αἰγύπτιον∙
Romanized Greek
Kai idōn tina adikoumenon, ēmynato kai epoiēsen ekdikēsin tō kataponoumenō, pataxas ton Aigyption;
TWMC
Moses thought his people would recognize that God was using him to bring them deliverance. But they did not understand.
KJV
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Greek
ἐνόμιζεν δὲ συνιέναι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς διὰ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς σωτηρίαν∙ οἱ δὲ οὐ συνῆκαν.
Romanized Greek
enomizen de synienai tous adelphous autou hoti ho theos dia cheiros autou didōsin autois sōtērian; hoi de ou synēkan.
TWMC
The next day he came upon two of them fighting. He tried to make peace between them: ‘Men, you belong to the same people! Why are you hurting each other?’
KJV
And 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?
Greek
Τῇ τε ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς μαχομένοις, καὶ συνήλασεν αὐτοὺς εἰς εἰρήνην, εἰπών, Ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί ἐστε ὑμεῖς∙ ἵνα τί ἀδικεῖτε ἀλλήλους;
Romanized Greek
Tē te epiousē hēmera ōphthē autois machomenois, kai synēlasen autous eis eirēnēn, eipōn, Andres, adelphoi este hymeis; hina ti adikeite allēlous?
TWMC
But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside. ‘Who put you in charge of us as ruler and judge?’ he demanded.
KJV
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Greek
Ὁ δὲ ἀδικῶν τὸν πλησίον ἀπώσατο αὐτόν, εἰπών, Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς;
Romanized Greek
Ho de adikōn ton plēsion apōsato auton, eipōn, Tis se katestēsen archonta kai dikastēn eph’ hēmas?
TWMC
‘Are you going to kill me, the way you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’
KJV
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Greek
Μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις, ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες χθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον;
Romanized Greek
Mē anelein me sy theleis, hon tropon aneiles chthes ton Aigyption?
TWMC
Hearing this, Moses fled. He settled as a foreigner in Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
KJV
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Greek
Ἔφυγεν δὲ Μωσῆς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐγένετο πάροικος ἐν γῇ Μαδιάμ, οὗ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς δύο.
Romanized Greek
Ephygen de Mōsēs en tō logō toutō, kai egeneto paroikos en gē Madiam, hou egennēsen huious dyo.
TWMC
“Forty years later, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness near Mount Sinai, in the flames of a burning bush.
KJV
And 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.
Greek
Καὶ πληρωθέντων ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα, ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ ὄρους Σινᾶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου.
Romanized Greek
Kai plērōthentōn etōn tessarakonta, ōphthē autō en tē erēmō tou orous Sina angelos kyriou en phlogi pyros batou.
TWMC
Moses was astonished by what he saw. As he came closer to examine it, the Lord’s voice spoke to him:
KJV
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Greek
Ὁ δὲ Μωσῆς ἰδὼν ἐθαύμαζεν τὸ ὅραμα∙ προσερχομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ κατανοῆσαι, ἐγένετο φωνὴ κυρίου πρὸς αὐτόν,
Romanized Greek
Ho de Mōsēs idōn ethaumazen to horama; proserchomenou de autou katanoēsai, egeneto phōnē kyriou pros auton,
TWMC
‘I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and did not dare look closely.
KJV
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Greek
Ἐγὼ ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων σου, ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ. Ἔντρομος δὲ γενόμενος Μωσῆς οὐκ ἐτόλμα κατανοῆσαι.
Romanized Greek
Egō ho theos tōn paterōn sou, ho theos Abraam kai ho theos Isaak kai ho theos Iakōb. Entromos de genomenos Mōsēs ouk etolma katanoēsai.
TWMC
The Lord told him, ‘Take your sandals off. The ground beneath your feet is holy.
KJV
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Greek
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος, Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου∙ ὁ γὰρ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.
Romanized Greek
Eipen de autō ho kyrios, Lyson to hypodēma tōn podōn sou; ho gar topos en hō hestēkas gē hagia estin.
TWMC
I have certainly seen how My people are suffering in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. I have come down to rescue them. Now come; I will send you to Egypt.’
KJV
I 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 thee into Egypt.
Greek
Ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ αὐτῶν ἤκουσα∙ καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτούς∙ καὶ νῦν δεῦρο, ἀποστελῶ σε εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
Romanized Greek
Idōn eidon tēn kakōsin tou laou mou tou en Aigyptō, kai tou stenagmou autōn ēkousa; kai katebēn exelesthai autous; kai nyn deuro, apostelō se eis Aigypton.
TWMC
“This was the very Moses they had rejected when they asked, ‘Who put you in charge as ruler and judge?’ God sent that same man to rule and deliver them, through the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.
KJV
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Greek
Τοῦτον τὸν Μωσῆν ὃν ἠρνήσαντο εἰπόντες, Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν; τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ὀφθέντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ βάτῳ.
Romanized Greek
Touton ton Mōsēn hon ērnēsanto eipontes, Tis se katestēsen archonta kai dikastēn? touton ho theos archonta kai lytrōtēn apesteilen en cheiri angelou tou ophthentos autō en tē batō.
TWMC
Moses led them out. He performed wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during forty years in the wilderness.
KJV
He 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.
Greek
Οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς, ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα.
Romanized Greek
Houtos exēgagen autous, poiēsas terata kai sēmeia en gē Aigyptō kai en Erythra thalassē, kai en tē erēmō etē tessarakonta.
TWMC
This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own people, as He raised me up.’
KJV
¶ This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
Greek
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωσῆς ὁ εἰπὼν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ.
Romanized Greek
Houtos estin ho Mōsēs ho eipōn tois huiois Israēl, Prophētēn hymin anastēsei kyrios ho theos hēmōn ek tōn adelphōn hymōn hōs eme.
TWMC
Moses was there with the assembly in the wilderness, with our ancestors and with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He received God’s living message to hand on to us.
KJV
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Greek
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ γενόμενος ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ μετὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾶ καὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν∙ ὃς ἐδέξατο λόγον ζῶντα δοῦναι ἡμῖν∙
Romanized Greek
Houtos estin ho genomenos en tē ekklēsia en tē erēmō meta tou angelou tou lalountos autō en tō orei Sina kai tōn paterōn hēmōn; hos edexato logon zōnta dounai hēmin;
TWMC
“But our ancestors refused to obey him. They pushed him away and, in their hearts, went back to Egypt.
KJV
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Greek
ᾧ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν ὑπήκοοι γενέσθαι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀπώσαντο, καὶ ἐστράφησαν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον,
Romanized Greek
hō ouk ēthelēsan hypēkooi genesthai hoi pateres hēmōn, all’ apōsanto, kai estraphēsan tē kardia autōn eis Aigypton,
TWMC
They told Aaron, ‘Make gods to lead us. We have no idea what has happened to this Moses who brought us out of Egypt.’
KJV
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Greek
εἰπόντες τῷ Ἀαρών, Ποίησον ἡμῖν θεοὺς οἳ προπορεύσονται ἡμῶν∙ ὁ γὰρ Μωσῆς οὗτος, ὃς ἐξήγαγεν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί γέγονεν αὐτῷ.
Romanized Greek
eipontes tō Aarōn, Poiēson hēmin theous hoi proporeusontai hēmōn; ho gar Mōsēs houtos, hos exēgagen hēmas ek gēs Aigyptou, ouk oidamen ti gegonen autō.
TWMC
They made a calf-shaped idol, offered it a sacrifice, and celebrated something they had made with their own hands.
KJV
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Greek
Καὶ ἐμοσχοποίησαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, καὶ ἀνήγαγον θυσίαν τῷ εἰδώλῳ, καὶ εὐφραίνοντο ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.
Romanized Greek
Kai emoschopoiēsan en tais hēmerais ekeinais, kai anēgagon thysian tō eidōlō, kai euphrainonto en tois ergois tōn cheirōn autōn.
TWMC
God turned away and gave them over to worshiping the heavenly bodies. As the book of the prophets says, ‘People of Israel, was it to Me that you brought slaughtered animals and sacrifices during those forty years in the wilderness?
KJV
Then God 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 by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Greek
Ἔστρεψεν δὲ ὁ θεός, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς λατρεύειν τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ∙ καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ;
Romanized Greek
Estrepsen de ho theos, kai paredōken autous latreuein tē stratia tou ouranou; kathōs gegraptai en biblō tōn prophētōn, Mē sphagia kai thysias prosēnenkate moi etē tessarakonta en tē erēmō, oikos Israēl?
TWMC
You carried the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan—images you made so you could bow before them. So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
KJV
Yea, 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.
Greek
Καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολόχ, καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥεμφάν, τοὺς τύπους οὓς ἐποιήσατε προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς∙ καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Βαβυλῶνος.
Romanized Greek
Kai anelabete tēn skēnēn tou Moloch, kai to astron tou theou hymōn Rhemphan, tous typous hous epoiēsate proskynein autois; kai metoikiō hymas epekeina Babylōnos.
TWMC
“Our ancestors had the tent of testimony with them in the wilderness. God had instructed Moses to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
KJV
Our 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.
Greek
Ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἦν τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθὼς διετάξατο ὁ λαλῶν τῷ Μωσῇ, ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν κατὰ τὸν τύπον ὃν ἑωράκει.
Romanized Greek
Hē skēnē tou martyriou ēn tois patrasin hēmōn en tē erēmō, kathōs dietaxato ho lalōn tō Mōsē, poiēsai autēn kata ton typon hon heōrakei.
TWMC
The next generation received that tent and brought it in with Joshua when they took possession of the land of the nations God drove out before them. It remained until David’s time.
KJV
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Greek
Ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῶσεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ∙
Romanized Greek
Hēn kai eisēgagon diadexamenoi hoi pateres hēmōn meta Iēsou en tē kataschesei tōn ethnōn, hōn exōsen ho theos apo prosōpou tōn paterōn hēmōn, heōs tōn hēmerōn Dauid;
TWMC
David found favor with God and asked to provide a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
KJV
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Greek
ὃς εὗρεν χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα τῷ θεῷ Ἰακώβ.
Romanized Greek
hos heuren charin enōpion tou theou, kai ētēsato heurein skēnōma tō theō Iakōb.
TWMC
But Solomon was the one who built a house for Him.
KJV
But Solomon built him an house.
Greek
Σολομῶν δὲ ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτῷ οἶκον.
Romanized Greek
Solomōn de ōkodomēsen autō oikon.
TWMC
“Yet the Most High does not live in temples people construct with their hands. As the prophet says,
KJV
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Greek
Ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ, καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει,
Romanized Greek
All’ ouch ho hypsistos en cheiropoiētois naois katoikei, kathōs ho prophētēs legei,
TWMC
‘Heaven is My throne, and the earth is where I rest My feet. What house could you build for Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Where could you provide a place for Me to rest?
KJV
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Greek
Ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος, ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου∙ ποῖον οἶκον οἰκοδομήσετέ μοι; λέγει κύριος∙ ἢ τίς τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου;
Romanized Greek
Ho ouranos moi thronos, hē de gē hypopodion tōn podōn mou; poion oikon oikodomēsete moi? legei kyrios; ē tis topos tēs katapauseōs mou?
TWMC
Didn’t My own hand make all these things?’
KJV
Hath not my hand made all these things?
Greek
Οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα;
Romanized Greek
Ouchi hē cheir mou epoiēsen tauta panta?
TWMC
“You are stubborn people, with hearts and ears that remain uncircumcised—unwilling to yield or listen! You keep resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
KJV
¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Greek
Σκληροτράχηλοι καὶ ἀπερίτμητοι τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν, ὑμεῖς ἀεὶ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ ἀντιπίπτετε∙ ὡς οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ ὑμεῖς.
Romanized Greek
Sklērotrachēloi kai aperitmētoi tē kardia kai tois ōsin, hymeis aei tō pneumati tō hagiō antipiptete; hōs hoi pateres hymōn, kai hymeis.
TWMC
Which prophet did your ancestors leave unpersecuted? They killed the ones who announced beforehand that the Righteous One would come. And now you have betrayed and murdered Him.
KJV
Which 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:
Greek
Τίνα τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἐδίωξαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν; Καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς προκαταγγείλαντας περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ δικαίου, οὗ νῦν ὑμεῖς προδόται καὶ φονεῖς γεγένησθε∙
Romanized Greek
Tina tōn prophētōn ouk ediōxan hoi pateres hymōn? Kai apekteinan tous prokatangeilantas peri tēs eleuseōs tou dikaiou, hou nyn hymeis prodotai kai phoneis gegenēsthe;
TWMC
You received the law through the direction of angels, but you did not obey it.”
KJV
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Greek
οἵτινες ἐλάβετε τὸν νόμον εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξατε.
Romanized Greek
hoitines elabete ton nomon eis diatagas angelōn, kai ouk ephylaxate.
TWMC
These words filled them with rage, and they ground their teeth at Stephen.
KJV
¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Greek
Ἀκούοντες δὲ ταῦτα, διεπρίοντο ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔβρυχον τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπ’ αὐτόν.
Romanized Greek
Akouontes de tauta, dieprionto tais kardiais autōn, kai ebrychon tous odontas ep’ auton.
TWMC
But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked steadily into heaven. He saw God’s glory and Jesus standing at God’s right hand.
KJV
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Greek
Ὑπάρχων δὲ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου, ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εἶδεν δόξαν θεοῦ, καὶ Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ,
Romanized Greek
Hyparchōn de plērēs pneumatos hagiou, atenisas eis ton ouranon, eiden doxan theou, kai Iēsoun hestōta ek dexiōn tou theou,
TWMC
“Look!” he said. “I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!”
KJV
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Greek
καὶ εἶπεν, Ἰδού, θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀνεῳγμένους, καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ θεοῦ.
Romanized Greek
kai eipen, Idou, theōrō tous ouranous aneōgmenous, kai ton huion tou anthrōpou ek dexiōn hestōta tou theou.
TWMC
They shouted at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and charged at him together.
KJV
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Greek
Κράξαντες δὲ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ὥρμησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπ’ αὐτόν∙
Romanized Greek
Kraxantes de phōnē megalē, syneschon ta ōta autōn, kai hōrmēsan homothymadon ep’ auton;
TWMC
They drove him outside the city and began throwing stones at him. The witnesses left their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
KJV
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
Greek
καὶ ἐκβαλόντες ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, ἐλιθοβόλουν∙ καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἀπέθεντο τὰ ἱμάτια παρὰ τοὺς πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου.
Romanized Greek
kai ekbalontes exō tēs poleōs, elithoboloun; kai hoi martyres apethento ta himatia para tous podas neaniou kaloumenou Saulou.
TWMC
While they were stoning him, Stephen called out to Jesus: “Lord Jesus, accept my spirit.”
KJV
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Greek
Καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέφανον, ἐπικαλούμενον καὶ λέγοντα, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου.
Romanized Greek
Kai elithoboloun ton Stephanon, epikaloumenon kai legonta, Kyrie Iēsou, dexai to pneuma mou.
TWMC
He fell to his knees and cried loudly, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” After saying that, he fell asleep in death.
KJV
And 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.
Greek
Θεὶς δὲ τὰ γόνατα, ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Κύριε, μὴ στήσῃς αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ταύτην. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐκοιμήθη.
Romanized Greek
Theis de ta gonata, ekraxen phōnē megalē, Kyrie, mē stēsēs autois tēn hamartian tautēn. Kai touto eipōn ekoimēthē.