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 high priest asked Stephen, “Are these accusations true?” 2This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, ‘Leave your native land and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’ 4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live. 5“But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole land would belong to Abraham and his descendants—even though he had no children yet.

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 had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
• Matthew 10:37“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
• Luke 14:33So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
• Hebrews 11:8It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.
• Genesis 13:14After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
• Genesis 15:7Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”
• Joshua 24:3But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
• Nehemiah 9:8When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.

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