Acts 7:3

Acts 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’

Context of Acts 7:3

1Then the chief priest asked Stephen, “Is this true?” 2Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God who reveals his glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia. This happened before Abraham lived in Haran. God told him, ‘Leave your land and your relatives. Go to the land that I will show you.’ 4“Then Abraham left the country of Chaldea and lived in the city of Haran. After his father died, God made him move from there to this land where we now live. 5“Yet, God didn’t give Abraham anything in this land to call his own, not even a place to rest his feet. But God promised to give this land to him and to his descendants, even though Abraham didn’t have a child.

Acts 7:3 word by word

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Get thee outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• countryὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• countryγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• kindredσυγγένειαsuggeneia · kindredG4772
• comeδεῦροdeuro · comeG1204
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• I shall shewδεικνύωdeiknuō · to showG1166

Cross-references for Acts 7:3

• Genesis 12:1The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your land, your relatives, and your father’s home. Go to the land that I will show you.
• Matthew 10:37“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.
• Luke 14:33In the same way, none of you can be my disciples unless you give up everything.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17The Lord says, “Get away from unbelievers. Separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.”
• Hebrews 11:8Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.
• Genesis 13:14After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, “Look north, south, east, and west of where you are.
• Genesis 15:7Then the Lord said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land so that you will take possession of it.”
• Joshua 24:3But I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River. I led him through all of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I also gave him Isaac.
• Nehemiah 9:8You found that his heart was faithful to you. You made a promise to him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. You kept your promise because you are fair.

Commentaries on Acts 7:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And said unto him - How long this was said before he went is not recorded. Moses simply says that God had commanded him to go, Genesis 12:1. Thy kindred - Thy relatives, or family connections. It seems that “Terah” went with him as far as to Haran; but Abraham was apprised that he was to leave his family and to go almost alone. Into the land … - The country was yet unknown. The place was to be shown him. This is presented in the New Testament as a strong…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53Stephen answered the accusations by speaking about his Lord (see Luke 21:12–17). Instead of defending himself, he became a witness in God's legal case against them. This revealed how contrary they were and their lack of loyalty. Stephen gave a history of Israel's past and reminded them of their repeated rejections of those who announced God's messages. Stephen's review of Israel's history has three main parts: The work of the patriarchs. This refers to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-60In this long defense Stephen takes a much wider range, and goes less directly into the point raised by his accusers, than we should have expected. His object seems to have been to show (1) that so far from disparaging, he deeply reverenced, and was intimately conversant with, the whole history of the ancient economy; and (2) that in resisting the erection of the Gospel kingdom they were but treading in their fathers' footsteps, the whole history of their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings