| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?” | 1Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?" |
| 2And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, | 2So he replied, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran, |
| 3and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ | 3and said to him, 'Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.' |
| 4Then 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. | 4Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live. |
| 5And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. | 5He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child. |
| 6But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. | 6But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years. |
| 7‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ | 7But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.' |
| 8Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. | 8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. |
| 9“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him | 9The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him, |
| 10and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. | 10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. |
| 11Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. | 11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food. |
| 12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. | 12So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time. |
| 13And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. | 13On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. |
| 14Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. | 14So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all. |
| 15So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. | 15So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors, |
| 16And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. | 16and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. |
| 17“But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt | 17"But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt, |
| 18till another king arose who did not know Joseph. | 18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt. |
| 19This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. | 19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die. |
| 20At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. | 20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house, |
| 21But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. | 21and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. |
| 22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. | 22So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds. |
| 23“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. | 23But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites. |
| 24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. | 24When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian. |
| 25For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. | 25He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand. |
| 26And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ | 26The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?' |
| 27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? | 27But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? |
| 28Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ | 28You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?' |
| 29Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. | 29When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. |
| 30“And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. | 30"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. |
| 31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, | 31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord, |
| 32saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. | 32I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. |
| 33‘Then the LORD said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. | 33But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. |
| 34I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” ’ | 34I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.' |
| 35“This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. | 35This same Moses they had rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. |
| 36He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. | 36This man led them out, performing wonders and miraculous signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. |
| 37“This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’ | 37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.' |
| 38“This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, | 38This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you. |
| 39whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, | 39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts, |
| 40saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ | 40saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt--we do not know what has happened to him!' |
| 41And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. | 41At that time they made an idol in the form of a calf, brought a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands. |
| 42Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? | 42But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel? |
| 43You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images which you made to worship; And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ | 43But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.' |
| 44“Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, | 44Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen. |
| 45which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, | 45Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David. |
| 46who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. | 46He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. |
| 47But Solomon built Him a house. | 47But Solomon built a house for him. |
| 48“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: | 48Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says, |
| 49‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest? | 49Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place? |
| 50Has My hand not made all these things?’ | 50Did my hand not make all these things?' |
| 51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. | 51"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did! |
| 52Which 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, | 52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! |
| 53who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.” | 53You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it." |
| 54When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. | 54When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him. |
| 55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, | 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. |
| 56and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” | 56"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" |
| 57Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; | 57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent. |
| 58and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. | 58When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. |
| 59And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” | 59They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" |
| 60Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. | 60Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he died. |
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