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 said the high priest, Are these things so? 2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell. 5And he gave him no 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 offspring after him, when as yet he had no 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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Departἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thyσοῦsou · youG4675
• countryγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• kindredσυγγένειαsuggeneia · kindredG4772
• comeδεῦροdeuro · comeG1204
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whichἄνan · ifG302
• showδεικνύωdeiknuō · to showG1166
• theeσοίsoi · youG4671

Cross-references for Acts 7:3

• Genesis 12:1Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, to a land that I will show thee:
• Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Luke 14:33So likewise, whoever he is of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you,
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to move into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
• Genesis 13:14And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
• Genesis 15:7And he said to him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
• Joshua 24:3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
• Nehemiah 9:8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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