Acts 7:52

Acts 7:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
• New International Version (NIV)Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• English Standard Version (ESV)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

Context of Acts 7:52

50Did not My Hand make all these things?’ 51“O you stiff-necked people! You uncircumcised of heart and ears! You always resist the Ruach ha-Kodesh; just as your fathers did, you do as well. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the ones who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. Now you have become His betrayers and murderers— 53you who received the Torah by direction of angels and did not keep it!” 54When they heard these things, they became enraged and began gnashing their teeth at him.

Acts 7:52 word by word

τίνα τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἐδίωξαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν; καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς προκαταγγείλαντας περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ δικαίου, οὗ νῦν ὑμεῖς προδόται καὶ φονεῖς ἐγένεσθε·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whichτίςtis · which?G5101
• of the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• haveδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
• notοὐou · noG3756
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• they have slainἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• shewed beforeπροκαταγγέλλωprokataggellō · to foretellG4293
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• the comingἔλευσιςeleusis · comingG1660
• of the Just Oneδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• of whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• have beenγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• the betrayersπροδότηςprodotēs · traitorG4273
• murderersφονεύςphoneus · murdererG5406

Cross-references for Acts 7:52

• 1 Samuel 8:7Then Adonai said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, rather they have rejected Me from being king over them.
• 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for Adonai-Tzva’ot,” he said, “for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword—and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it!”
• 2 Chronicles 24:19Adonai sent prophets to them to bring them back to Him and although they admonished them, they would not listen.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
• Jeremiah 20:2Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate by the House of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 26:15Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants. For in truth Adonai has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
• Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great! For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
• Matthew 21:35But grabbing his servants, the tenants beat up one, killed another, and stoned still another.
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• Luke 11:47“Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your own fathers killed!
• Luke 13:33But I must keep going today and tomorrow because it just can’t be that a prophet would perish outside Jerusalem.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Yeshua and the prophets and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God and hostile to all people,
• Acts 3:18But what God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets—that His Messiah was to suffer—so He has fulfilled.
• 1 Peter 1:11They were trying to find out the time and circumstances the Ruach of Messiah within them was indicating, when predicting the sufferings in store for Messiah and the glories to follow.

Commentaries on Acts 7:52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? - Ye have not only resisted the Holy Ghost, but ye have persecuted all those who have spoken to you in his name, and by his influence: thus ye prove your opposition to the Spirit himself, by your opposition to every thing that proceeds from him. They have slain them, etc. - Isaiah, who showed before of the coming of Christ, the Jews report, was sawn asunder at the command of Manasseh. The coming of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52Which of the prophets … - The interrogative form here is a strong mode of saying that they had persecuted “all” the prophets. It was “the characteristic of the nation” to persecute the messengers of God. This is not to be taken as literally and universally true; but it was a general truth; it was the national characteristic. See the notes on Matthew 21:33-40; Matthew 23:29-35. And they have slain them … - That is, they have slain the prophets, whose main…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 51-53Verses 51-53 Stephen was going on, it seems, to show that the temple and the temple service must come to an end, and it would be the glory of both to give way to the worship of the Father in spirit and in truth; but he perceived they would not bear it. Therefore he broke off, and by the Spirit of wisdom, courage, and power, sharply rebuked his persecutors. When plain arguments and truths provoke the opposers of the gospel, they should be shown their guilt…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. 51-5351-53. Ye stiffnecked ... ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, &c.--It has been thought that symptoms of impatience and irritation in the audience induced Stephen to cut short his historical sketch. But as little farther light could have been thrown upon Israel's obstinacy from subsequent periods of the national history on the testimony of their own Scriptures, we should view this as the summing up, the brief import of the whole Israelitish…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