Berean Standard Bible

Acts 7:30-53

30AfterκαὶkaiG2532fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaG5062yearsἐτῶνetōnG2094had passedπληρωθέντωνplērōthentōnG4137,an angelἄγγελοςangelosG32appearedG3708toαὐτῷautōG846MosesinἐνenG1722theflamesφλογὶphlogiG5395of a burningπυρὸςpurosG4442bushβάτου.batouG942inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588desertἐρήμῳerēmōG2048nearτοῦtouG3588MountὄρουςorousG3735SinaiΣινᾶSinaG4614.

31WhenδὲdeG1161ὁhoG3588MosesΜωϋσῆςMōusēsG3475sawG3708it,he marveled atἐθαύμαζενethaumazenG2296theτὸtoG3588sightὅραμα·horamaG3705δὲdeG1161. AsheαὐτοῦautouG846approachedπροσερχομένουproserchomenouG4334to lookκατανοῆσαι,katanoēsaiG2657more closely, thevoiceφωνὴphōnēG5456of the LordκυρίουkuriouG2962cameἐγένετοegenetoG1096to him:

32‘IἐγὼegōG1473amtheὁhoG3588GodθεὸςtheosG2316of yourσου,souG4771τῶνtōnG3588fathersπατέρωνpaterōnG3962,theὁhoG3588GodθεὸςtheosG2316of AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraamG11καὶkaiG2532,IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464,andκαὶkaiG2532JacobἸακώβ.IakōbG2384.’δὲdeG1161MosesΜωϋσῆςMōusēsG3475trembled with fearἔντρομος γενόμενοςentromos genomenosG1096 G1790anddid not dareοὐκ ἐτόλμαouk etolmaG3756 G5111to lookκατανοῆσαι.katanoēsaiG2657.

33ThenδὲdeG1161theὁhoG3588Lordκύριος·kuriosG2962saidεἶπενeipenG2036to himαὐτῷautōG846, ‘Take offλῦσον τὸ ποδῶν σου·luson to podōn souG3089 G3588 G4771 G4228yourτῶνtōnG3588sandalsὑπόδημαhupodēmaG5266,forγὰρgarG1063theὁhoG3588placeτόποςtoposG5117whereἐφ᾽ ᾧeph᾽ hōG1909 G3739you are standingἕστηκαςhestēkasG2476isἐστίν.estinG1510holyἁγίαhagiaG40groundγῆgēG1093.

34I have indeed seenG3708theτὴνtēnG3588oppressionκάκωσινkakōsinG2561ofτοῦtouG3588MyG1473peopleλαοῦlaouG2992τοῦtouG3588inἐνenG1722EgyptΑἰγύπτῳAiguptōG125καὶkaiG2532.I have heardἤκουσα·ēkousaG191theirαὐτῶνautōnG846τοῦtouG3588groaningστεναγμοῦstenagmouG4726andκαὶkaiG2532have come downκατέβηνkatebēnG2597to deliverἐξελέσθαιexelesthaiG1807themαὐτούς·autousG846καὶkaiG2532.NowνῦνnunG3568comeδεῦροdeuroG1204,I will sendἀποστείλωaposteilōG649youσεseG4771back toεἰςeisG1519EgyptΑἴγυπτον.¶AiguptonG125.’

35ThisΤοῦτονToutonG3778τὸνtonG3588MosesΜωϋσῆνMōusēnG3475,whomὃνhonG3739they had rejectedἠρνήσαντοērnēsantoG720with the wordsεἰπόντες·eipontesG2036, ‘WhoτίςtisG5101madeκατέστησενkatestēsenG2525youσεseG4771rulerἄρχονταarchontaG758andκαὶkaiG2532judgeδικαστήν;dikastēnG1348?’ isthe oneτοῦτονtoutonG3778whomὁhoG3588GodθεὸςtheosG2316sentἀπέσταλκενapestalkenG649καὶkaiG2532to be their rulerἄρχονταarchontaG758andκαὶkaiG2532redeemerλυτρωτὴνlutrōtēnG3086throughσὺν χειρὶsun cheiriG4862 G5495theangelἀγγέλουangelouG32whoτοῦtouG3588appearedG3708to himαὐτῷautōG846inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588bushβάτῳ.batōG942.

36HeοὗτοςhoutosG3778led them outἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺςexēgagen autousG1806 G846andperformedποιήσαςpoiēsasG4160wondersτέραταterataG5059andκαὶkaiG2532signsσημεῖαsēmeiaG4592inἐνenG1722thelandγῇgēaG1093of EgyptΑἰγύπτῳAiguptōG125καὶkaiG2532,atἐνenG1722theRedἐρυθρᾷeruthraG2063SeaθαλάσσῃthalassēG2281,andκαὶkaiG2532forfortyτεσσεράκοντα.tesserakontaG5062yearsἔτηetēG2094inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588wildernessἐρήμῳerēmōG2048.

37ThisοὗτόςhoutosG3778isἐστινestinG1510theὁhoG3588sameMosesΜωϋσῆςMōusēsG3475whoὁhoG3588toldεἴπαςeipasG2036theτοῖςtoisG3588Israelitesυἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ·huiois IsraēlG5207 G2474ὁhoG3588, ‘GodθεὸςtheosG2316will raise upἀναστήσειanastēseiG450for youὑμῖνhuminG4771a prophetπροφήτηνprophētēnG4396likeὡςhōsG5613meἐμέemeG1473from amongἐκekG1537yourὑμῶνhumōnG4771τῶνtōnG3588brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōnG80.’

38HeοὗτόςhoutosG3778ἐστινestinG1510ὁhoG3588wasγενόμενοςgenomenosG1096inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588assemblyἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588wildernessἐρήμῳerēmōG2048withμετὰmetaG3326theτοῦtouG3588angelἀγγέλουangelouG32whoτοῦtouG3588spokeλαλοῦντοςlalountosG2980to himαὐτῷautōG846onἐνenG1722τῷtōG3588MountὄρειoreiG3735SinaiΣινᾶSinaG4614,andκαὶkaiG2532withὃςhosG3739τῶνtōnG3588ourG1473fathersπατέρωνpaterōnG3962. Andhe receivedἐδέξατοedexatoG1209livingζῶνταzōntaG2198wordsλόγιαlogiaG3051to pass onδοῦναιdounaiG1325to usG1473.

39ButourG1473οἱhoiG3588fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962refusedοὐκ ἠθέλησανouk ēthelēsanG2309 G3756toγενέσθαιgenesthaiG1096obeyὑπήκοοιhupēkooiG5255himᾧhōG3739.Insteadἀλλ᾽all᾽G235,they rejectedἀπώσαντοapōsantoG683himandκαὶkaiG2532inἐνenG1722theirαὐτῶνautōnG846ταῖςtaisG3588heartsκαρδίαιςkardiaisG2588turned backἐστράφησανestraphēsanG4762toεἰςeisG1519EgyptΑἴγυπτον,AiguptonG125.

40They saidεἰπόντεςeipontesG2036τῷtōG3588to AaronἈαρών·AarōnG2, ‘MakeποίησονpoiēsonG4160usG1473godsθεοὺςtheousG2316whoοἳhoiG3739will go beforeπροπορεύσονταιproporeusontaiG4313usG1473!As forγὰρgarG1063thisοὗτοςhoutosG3778ὁhoG3588MosesΜωϋσῆςMōusēsG3475whoὃςhosG3739led usἐξήγαγενexēgagenG1806 G1473out ofἐκekG1537thelandγῆςgēsG1093of EgyptΑἰγύπτου,AiguptouG125,we do not knowοὐκoukG3756 G1492whatτίtiG5101has happenedἐγένετοegenetoG1096to himαὐτῷ.autōG846.’

41AtἐνenG1722thatἐκείναιςekeinaisG1565ταῖςtaisG3588timeἡμέραιςhēmeraisG2250καὶkaiG2532they made a calfἐμοσχοποίησανemoschopoiēsanG3447andκαὶkaiG2532offeredἀνήγαγονanēgagonG321a sacrificeθυσίανthusianG2378to theτῷtōG3588idolεἰδώλῳeidōlōG1497καὶkaiG2532,rejoicingεὐφραίνοντοeuphrainontoG2165inἐνenG1722theτοῖςtoisG3588worksἔργοιςergoisG2041ofτῶνtōnG3588theirαὐτῶν.autōnG846handsχειρῶνcheirōnG5495.

42ButδὲdeG1161ὁhoG3588GodθεὸςtheosG2316turned awayἔστρεψενestrepsenG4762from themandκαὶkaiG2532gave them overπαρέδωκεν αὐτοὺςparedōken autousG3860 G846to the worshipλατρεύεινlatreueinG3000of theτῇtēaG3588hostστρατιᾷstratiaG4756ofτοῦtouG3588heavenοὐρανοῦ,ouranouG3772,asκαθὼςkathōsG2531it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptaiG1125inἐνenG1722thebookβίβλῳbiblōG976of theτῶνtōnG3588prophetsπροφητῶν·prophētōnG4396: ‘Did you bringμὴ προσηνέγκατέmē prosēnegkateG3361 G4374MeG1473sacrificesσφάγιαsphagiaG4968andκαὶkaiG2532offeringsθυσίαςthusiasG2378fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaG5062yearsἔτηetēG2094inἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588wildernessἐρήμῳ,erēmōG2048,O houseοἶκοςoikosG3624of IsraelἸσραήλ;IsraēlG2474?

43καὶkaiG2532You have taken alongἀνελάβετεanelabeteG353theτὴνtēnG3588tabernacleσκηνὴνskēnēnG4633τοῦtouG3588of MolechΜολὸχMolochG3434andκαὶkaiG2532theτὸtoG3588starἄστρονastronG798ofτοῦtouG3588yourὑμῶνhumōnG4771godθεοῦtheouG2316RephanῬαιφάν,RhaiphanG4481,theτοὺςtousG3588idolsτύπουςtupousG5179οὓςhousG3739you madeἐποιήσατεepoiēsateG4160to worshipπροσκυνεῖνproskuneinG4352αὐτοῖς·autoisG846. ThereforeκαὶkaiG2532I will send you into exileμετοικιῶ ὑμᾶςmetoikiō humasG3351 G4771beyondἐπέκειναepekeinaG1900BabylonΒαβυλῶνος.¶BabulōnosG897.’

44OurG1473fathersπατράσινpatrasinG3962hadἦνēnG1510theἩHēG3588tabernacleσκηνὴskēnēG4633of theτοῦtouG3588TestimonyμαρτυρίουmarturiouG3142withτοῖςtoisG3588theminἐνenG1722theτῇtēaG3588wildernessἐρήμῳ,erēmōG2048. It wasconstructedποιῆσαι αὐτὴνpoiēsai autēnG4160 G846exactly asκαθὼςkathōsG2531Godὁ λαλῶνho lalōnG3588 G2980had directedδιετάξατοdietaxatoG1299τῷtōG3588MosesΜωϋσῇMōusēaG3475,according toκατὰkataG2596theτὸνtonG3588patternτύπονtuponG5179ὃνhonG3739he had seenἑωράκει·he'ōrakeiG3708.

45AndκαὶkaiG2532ourG1473οἱhoiG3588fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962whoἣνhēnG3739received itδιαδεξάμενοιdiadexamenoiG1237broughtεἰσήγαγονeisēgagonG1521it inwithμετὰmetaG3326JoshuaἸησοῦIēsouG2424whenἐνenG1722τῇtēaG3588they dispossessedκατασχέσειkatascheseiG2697theτῶνtōnG3588nationsἐθνῶν,ethnōnG1484ὧνhōnG3739ὁhoG3588GodθεὸςtheosG2316drove outἐξῶσενexōsenG1856beforeἀπὸ προσώπου τῶνapo prosōpou tōnG575 G4383 G3588themπατέρωνpaterōnG1473 G3962. It remaineduntilἕωςhe'ōsG2193theτῶνtōnG3588timeἡμερῶνhēmerōnG2250of DavidΔαυίδ·DauidG1138,

46whoὃςhosG3739foundεὗρενheurenG2147favorχάρινcharinG5485in the sightἐνώπιονenōpionG1799τοῦtouG3588of GodθεοῦtheouG2316andκαὶkaiG2532askedᾐτήσατοētēsatoG154to provideεὑρεῖνheureinG2147a dwelling placeσκήνωμαskēnōmaG4638for theτῷtōG3588GodG2316of JacobἸακώβ.IakōbG2384.

47ButδὲdeG1161it wasSolomonΣολομὼνSolomōnG4672whobuiltοἰκοδόμησενoikodomēsenG3618thehouseοἶκον.oikonG3624for HimαὐτῷautōG846.

48Howeverἀλλ᾽all᾽G235,theὁhoG3588Most HighὕψιστοςhupsistosG5310does notοὐχouchG3756dwellκατοικεῖ,katoikeiG2730inἐνenG1722housesmade by human handsχειροποιήτοιςcheiropoiētoisG5499.AsκαθὼςkathōsG2531theὁhoG3588prophetπροφήτηςprophētēsG4396saysλέγει·legeiG3004:

49ὁhoG3588‘HeavenοὐρανόςouranosG3772isMyG1473throneθρόνος,thronosG2362andδὲdeG1161theἡhēG3588earthγῆgēG1093isMyτῶν ποδῶνtōn podōnG3588 G1473 G4228footstoolὑποπόδιονhupopodionG5286.What kind ofποῖονpoionG4169houseοἶκονoikonG3624will you buildοἰκοδομήσετέoikodomēseteG3618for MeG1473,saysλέγειlegeiG3004theLordκύριος,kuriosG2962,orἢēG2228whereτίςtisG5101willτῆςtēsG3588MyG1473placeτόποςtoposG5117of reposeκαταπαύσεώςkatapauseōsG2663be?

50Has notοὐχὶouchiG3780MyG1473ἡhēG3588handχείρcheirG5495madeἐποίησενepoiēsenG4160allπάντα;pantaG3956these thingsταῦταtautaG3778?’

51Youstiff-neckedσκληροτράχηλοιsklērotrachēloiG4644people withκαὶkaiG2532uncircumcisedἀπερίτμητοιaperitmētoiG564heartsκαρδίαιςkardiaisG2588andκαὶkaiG2532τοῖςtoisG3588earsὠσίν,ōsinG3775!YouὑμεῖςhumeisG4771alwaysἀεὶaeiG104resistἀντιπίπτετε,antipipteteG496theτῷtōG3588τῷtōG3588HolyἁγίῳhagiōG40SpiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151ὑμῶνhumōnG4771,justκαὶkaiG2532asὡςhōsG5613yourὑμεῖς·humeisG4771οἱhoiG3588fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962did.

52WhichτίναtinaG5101of theτῶνtōnG3588prophetsπροφητῶνprophētōnG4396did yourὑμῶν;humōnG4771οἱhoiG3588fathersπατέρεςpateresG3962failοὐκoukG3756to persecuteἐδίωξανediōxanG1377?They even killedκαὶ ἀπέκτεινανkai apekteinanG2532 G615those whoτοὺςtousG3588foretoldπροκαταγγείλαντας περὶprokatangeilantas periG4293 G4012theτῆςtēsG3588comingἐλεύσεωςeleuseōsG1660of theτοῦtouG3588Righteous Oneδικαίου,dikaiouG1342.And nowνῦνnunG3568youὑμεῖςhumeisG4771areἐγένεσθε·egenestheG1096HisοὗhouG3739betrayersπροδόταιprodotaiG4273andκαὶkaiG2532murderersφονεῖςphoneisG5406—

53youwhoοἵτινεςoitinesG3748receivedἐλάβετεelabeteG2983theτὸνtonG3588lawνόμονnomonG3551ordainedδιαταγὰςdiatagasG1296byεἰςeisG1519angelsἀγγέλωνangelōnG32,yetκαὶkaiG2532have not keptοὐκ ἐφυλάξατε.¶ouk ephulaxateG3756 G5442it.”

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