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1
The high priest
said,
"Are these things
so?"
2
And he said,
"Hear
me, brethren
and fathers!
The God
of glory
appeared
to our father
Abraham
when he was in Mesopotamia,
before
he lived
in Haran,
3
and said
to him, 'LEAVE
YOUR COUNTRY
AND YOUR RELATIVES,
AND COME
INTO THE LAND
THAT I WILL SHOW
YOU.'
4
"Then
he left
the land
of the Chaldeans
and settled
in Haran.
From there,
after
his father
died,
God had him move
to this
country
in which
you are now
living.
5
"But He gave
him no
inheritance
in it, not even
a foot
of ground,
and yet, even when he had no
child,
He promised
that HE WOULD GIVE
IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION,
AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS
AFTER
HIM.
6
"But God
spoke
to this effect,
that his DESCENDANTS
WOULD BE ALIENS
IN A FOREIGN
LAND,
AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED
AND MISTREATED
FOR FOUR HUNDRED
YEARS.
7
"'AND WHATEVER
NATION
TO WHICH
THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE
I MYSELF
WILL JUDGE,'
said
God,
'
AND AFTER
THAT THEY WILL COME
OUT AND SERVE
ME IN THIS
PLACE.'
8
"And He gave
him the covenant
of circumcision;
and so
Abraham became the father
of Isaac,
and circumcised
him on the eighth
day;
and Isaac
became the father of Jacob,
and Jacob
of the twelve
patriarchs.
9
"The patriarchs
became jealous
of Joseph
and sold
him into Egypt.
Yet God
was with him,
10
and rescued
him from all
his afflictions,
and granted
him favor
and wisdom
in the sight
of Pharaoh,
king
of
Egypt
,
and he made
him governor
over
Egypt
and all
his household.
11
"Now
a famine
came
over
all
Egypt
and Canaan,
and great
affliction
with it, and our fathers
could find
no
food.
12
"But when Jacob
heard
that there was grain
in Egypt,
he sent
our fathers
there the first time.
13
"On the second
visit Joseph
made himself known
to his brothers,
and Joseph's
family
was disclosed
to Pharaoh.
14
"Then
Joseph
sent
word and invited
Jacob
his father
and all
his relatives
to come to him, seventy-five
persons
in all.
15
"And Jacob
went down
to Egypt
and there he and our fathers
died.
16
"From there they were removed
to Shechem
and laid
in the tomb
which
Abraham
had purchased
for a sum
of money
from the sons
of Hamor
in Shechem.
17
"But as the time
of the promise
was approaching
which
God
had assured
to Abraham,
the people
increased
and multiplied
in Egypt,
18
until
THERE AROSE
ANOTHER
KING
OVER
EGYPT
WHO
KNEW
NOTHING
ABOUT
JOSEPH.
19
"It was he who took shrewd advantage
of our race
and mistreated
our fathers
so that they would expose
their infants
and they would not survive.
20
"It was at this
time
that Moses
was born;
and he was lovely
in the sight
of God,
and he was nurtured
three
months
in his father's
home.
21
"And after he had been set outside,
Pharaoh's
daughter
took him away
and nurtured
him as her own
son.
22
"Moses
was educated
in all
the learning
of the Egyptians,
and he was a man of power
in words
and deeds.
23
"But when
he was approaching
the age
of forty,
it entered
his mind
to visit
his brethren,
the sons
of Israel.
24
"And when he saw
one
of them being treated unjustly,
he defended
him and took
vengeance
for the oppressed
by striking down
the Egyptian.
25
"And he supposed
that his brethren
understood
that God
was granting
them deliverance
through
him, but they did not understand.
26
"On the following
day
he appeared
to them as they were fighting together,
and he tried to reconcile
them in peace,
saying,
'Men,
you are brethren,
why
do you injure
one another?'
27
"But the one who was injuring
his neighbor
pushed him away,
saying,
'
WHO
MADE
YOU A RULER
AND JUDGE
OVER
US?
28
'
YOU DO NOT MEAN
TO KILL
ME AS YOU KILLED
THE EGYPTIAN
YESTERDAY,
DO YOU?'
29
"At this
remark,
MOSES
FLED
AND BECAME
AN ALIEN
IN THE LAND
OF MIDIAN,
where
he became the father
of two
sons.
30
"After forty
years
had passed,
AN ANGEL
APPEARED
TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS
OF MOUNT
Sinai,
IN THE FLAME
OF A BURNING
THORN BUSH.
31
"When Moses
saw
it, he marveled
at the sight;
and as he approached
to look more closely,
there came
the voice
of the Lord:
32
'
I AM
THE GOD
OF YOUR FATHERS,
THE GOD
OF ABRAHAM
AND ISAAC
AND JACOB.'
Moses
shook with fear
and would not venture
to look.
33
"BUT THE LORD
SAID
TO HIM, 'TAKE OFF
THE SANDALS
FROM YOUR FEET,
FOR THE PLACE
ON WHICH
YOU ARE STANDING
IS HOLY
GROUND.
34
'
I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN
THE OPPRESSION
OF MY PEOPLE
IN EGYPT
AND HAVE HEARD
THEIR GROANS,
AND I HAVE COME DOWN
TO RESCUE
THEM; COME
NOW,
AND I WILL SEND
YOU TO EGYPT.'
35
"This
Moses
whom
they disowned,
saying,
'WHO
MADE
YOU A RULER
AND A JUDGE?'
is the one
whom
God
sent
to be both
a ruler
and a deliverer
with the help
of the angel
who appeared
to him in the thorn bush.
36
"This man
led
them out, performing
wonders
and signs
in the land
of Egypt
and in the Red
Sea
and in the wilderness
for forty
years.
37
"This
is the Moses
who said
to the sons
of Israel,
'
GOD
WILL RAISE
UP FOR YOU A PROPHET
LIKE
ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.'
38
"This
is the one who was in the congregation
in the wilderness
together
with the angel
who was speaking
to him on Mount
Sinai,
and who was with our fathers;
and he received
living
oracles
to pass
on to you.
39
"Our fathers
were unwilling
to be obedient
to him, but repudiated
him and in their hearts
turned back
to Egypt,
40
SAYING
TO AARON,
'MAKE
FOR US GODS
WHO
WILL GO BEFORE
US; FOR THIS
MOSES
WHO
LED
US OUT OF THE LAND
OF EGYPT--
WE DO NOT KNOW
WHAT
HAPPENED
TO HIM.'
41
"At that time
they made a calf
and brought
a sacrifice
to the idol,
and were rejoicing
in the works
of their hands.
42
"But God
turned away
and delivered
them up to serve
the host
of heaven;
as it is written
in the book
of the prophets,
'
IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED
VICTIMS
AND SACRIFICES
FORTY
YEARS
IN THE WILDERNESS,
WAS IT, O HOUSE
OF ISRAEL?
43
'
YOU ALSO
TOOK
ALONG THE TABERNACLE
OF MOLOCH
AND THE STAR
OF THE GOD
ROMPHA,
THE IMAGES
WHICH
YOU MADE
TO WORSHIP.
I ALSO
WILL REMOVE
YOU BEYOND
BABYLON.'
44
"Our fathers
had
the tabernacle
of testimony
in the wilderness,
just
as He who spoke
to Moses
directed
him to make
it according
to the pattern
which
he
had
seen.
45
"And having received it in their turn,
our fathers
brought
it in with Joshua
upon dispossessing
the nations
whom
God
drove
out before
our fathers
,
until
the time
of David.
46
"David found
favor
in God's
sight,
and asked
that he might find
a dwelling place
for the God
of Jacob.
47
"But it was Solomon
who built
a house
for Him.
48
"However,
the Most High
does not dwell
in houses made by human hands;
as the prophet
says:
49
'
HEAVEN
IS MY THRONE,
AND EARTH
IS THE FOOTSTOOL
OF MY FEET;
WHAT
KIND
OF HOUSE
WILL YOU BUILD
FOR ME?' says
the Lord,
'OR
WHAT
PLACE
IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
50
'
WAS IT NOT MY HAND
WHICH MADE
ALL
THESE THINGS?'
51
"You men who are stiff-necked
and uncircumcised
in heart
and ears
are always
resisting
the Holy
Spirit;
you are doing just
as your fathers
did.
52
"Which one
of the prophets
did your fathers
not persecute?
They killed
those
who had previously announced
the coming
of the Righteous One,
whose
betrayers
and murderers
you have now
become;
53
you who
received
the law
as ordained
by angels,
and yet did not keep
it."
54
Now
when they heard
this,
they were cut
to the quick,
and they began gnashing
their teeth
at him.
55
But being
full
of the Holy
Spirit,
he gazed intently
into heaven
and saw
the glory
of God,
and Jesus
standing
at the right hand
of God;
56
and he said,
"Behold,
I see
the heavens
opened
up and the Son
of Man
standing
at the right hand
of God."
57
But they cried
out with a loud
voice,
and covered
their ears
and rushed
at him with one impulse.
58
When they had driven
him out of the city,
they began stoning
him; and the witnesses
laid aside
their robes
at the feet
of a young man
named
Saul.
59
They went on stoning
Stephen
as he called
on the Lord and said,
"Lord
Jesus,
receive
my spirit!"
60
Then
falling
on his knees,
he cried
out with a loud
voice,
"Lord,
do not hold
this
sin
against them!" Having said
this
,
he fell asleep.
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