Acts 7:4

Acts 7:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
• New International Version (NIV)“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

Context of Acts 7:4

2Stephen declared, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran. 3He said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come here to the land that I will show you.’ Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God moved him to this land where you now live. 5He gave him no inheritance in it—not even a foothold—yet He promised ‘to give it to him as a possession to him and to his descendants after him,’ even though he had no child. 6“But God spoke in this way, that his ‘descendants would be foreigners in a land belonging to others, and they would enslave and mistreat them for four hundred years.

Acts 7:4 word by word

Τότε ἐξελθὼν ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων κατῴκησεν ἐν Χαρράν· κἀκεῖθεν μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ μετῴκισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς νῦν κατοικεῖτε,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• came he outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of the ChaldeansΧαλδαῖοςChaldaios · ChaldeanG5466
• and dweltκατοικέωkatoikeō · to dwellG2730
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• CharranΧαρράνCharrhan · HaranG5488
• and from thenceκἀκεῖθενkakeithen · and from thereG2547
• whenμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• was deadἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• he removedμετοικίζωmetoikizō · to deportG3351
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568

Cross-references for Acts 7:4

• Genesis 11:31Terah took Abram his son and Lot, Haran’s son, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and he took them out of Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
• Genesis 12:4So Abram went, just as Adonai had spoken to him. Also Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)
• Isaiah 41:2Who has stirred up one from the east? He calls justice to His feet. He gives nations over to him and subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, as driven stubble with his bow.

Commentaries on Acts 7:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4When his father was dead - See the note on Genesis 11:26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Land of the Chaldeans - From Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 11:31. When his father was dead - This passage has given rise to no small difficulty in the interpretation. The difficulty is this: From Genesis 11:26, it would seem that Abraham was born when Terah was 70 years of age. “And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.” From Genesis 12:4, it seems that Abraham was 75 years of age when he departed from Haran to Canaan. The age of…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

Topics related to Acts 7:4

• Abraham
• Babylon
• Court
• Government
• Haran
• Obedience
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• Abraham
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• Acts of the Apostles

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