Then said
the high priest
, Are
these things
so
?
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
,
And said
unto
him
, Get thee
out of
thy
country
, and
from
thy
kindred
, and
come
into
the land
which
I shall shew
thee
.
Then came he
out of
the land
of the Chaldaeans
, and dwelt
in
Charran
: and from thence
, when
his
father
was dead
, he removed
him
into
this
land
, wherein
ye
now
dwell
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And the patriarchs
, moved with envy
, sold
Joseph
into
Egypt
: but
God
was
with
him
,
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
.
Now there came
a dearth
over
all
the land
of Egypt
and
Chanaan
, and
great
affliction
: and
our
fathers
found
no
sustenance
.
But when Jacob
heard
that there was
corn
in
Egypt
, he sent out
our
fathers
first
.
And at
the second
time Joseph
was made known
to his
brethren
; and
Joseph's
kindred
was made
known
unto Pharaoh
.
Then sent
Joseph
, and called
his
father
Jacob
to him , and
all
his
kindred
,
threescore
and fifteen
souls
.
So Jacob
went down
into
Egypt
, and
died
, he
, and
our
fathers
,
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
.
But when
the time
of the promise
drew nigh
, which
God
had sworn
to Abraham
, the people
grew
and
multiplied
in
Egypt
,
Till another
king
arose
, which
knew
not
Joseph
.
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
.
In which
time
Moses
was born
, and
was
exceeding
fair
, and
nourished up
in
his
father's
house
three
months
:
And when he
was cast out
, Pharaoh's
daughter
took
him
up
, and
nourished
him
for
her own
son
.
And Moses
was learned
in all
the wisdom
of the Egyptians
, and
was
mighty
in
words
and
in
deeds
.
And when
he
was full
forty years
old
, it came
into
his
heart
to visit
his
brethren
the children
of Israel
.
And seeing
one
of them suffer wrong
, he defended
him , and
avenged
him that was oppressed
, and smote
the Egyptian
:
For he supposed
his
brethren
would have understood
how
that God
by
his
hand
would deliver
them
: but
they understood
not
.
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
?
But he that did
his neighbour
wrong
thrust
him
away
, saying
, Who
made
thee
a ruler
and
a judge
over
us
?
Wilt thou
kill
me
, as
thou diddest
the Egyptian
yesterday
?
Then fled
Moses
at
this
saying
, and
was
a stranger
in
the land
of Madian
, where
he begat
two
sons
.
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
.
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
,
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
.
Then said
the Lord
to him
, Put off
thy shoes
from thy
feet
: for
the place
where
thou standest
is
holy
ground
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
:
To whom our
fathers
would
not
obey
, but
thrust him from them
, and
in their
hearts
turned back again
into
Egypt
,
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
.
And they made a calf
in
those
days
, and
offered
sacrifice
unto the idol
, and
rejoiced
in
the works
of their own
hands
.
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
?
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
.
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
.
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
;
Who found
favour
before
God
, and
desired
to find
a tabernacle
for the God
of Jacob
.
But Solomon
built
him
an house
.
Howbeit the most High
dwelleth
not
in
temples
made with hands
; as
saith
the prophet
,
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
?
Hath not
my
hand
made
all
these things
?
Ye stiffnecked and
uncircumcised
in heart
and
ears
, ye
do
always
resist
the Holy
Ghost
: as
your
fathers
did , so
do ye
.
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
:
Who have received
the law
by
the disposition
of angels
, and
have
not
kept
it .
When they heard
these things
, they were cut
to the heart
, and
they gnashed
on
him
with their teeth
.
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
,
And said
, Behold
, I see
the heavens
opened
, and
the Son
of man
standing
on
the right hand
of God
.
Then they cried out
with a loud
voice
, and stopped
their
ears
, and
ran
upon
him
with one accord
,
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
.
And they stoned
Stephen
, calling upon
God , and
saying
, Lord
Jesus
, receive
my
spirit
.
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
.