Acts 7:2
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἔφη, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, ἀκούσατε. ὁ θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πρὶν ἢ κατοικῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν Χαρράν,
Greek NT
Qui ait : Viri fratres et patres, audite : Deus gloriæ apparuit patri nostro Abrahæ cum esset in Mesopotamia, priusquam moraretur in Charan,
Vulgate
And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
ASV
Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μεσοποταμία
mesopotamia
noun · 2×
Χαῤῥάν
charran
noun · 2×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρίν
prin
adverb · 13×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Doctrine of the rest of the apostles. 1. The Apostle Peter, therefore, after the resurrection of the Lord, and His assumption into the heavens, being desirous of filling up the number of the twelve apostles, and in electing into the place of Judas any substitute who should be chosen by God, thus addressed those who were present: Men [and] brethren, this Scripture must needs hav…
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 15.—Of the Time of the Migration of Abraham, When, According to the Commandment of God, He Went Out from Haran. When, after the record of the death of Terah, the father of Abraham, we next read, “And the Lord said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house,”894894 Gen. xii. 1. etc., it is not to be supposed, because this fol…
Chapter 16.—Of the Order and Nature of the Promises of God Which Were Made to Abraham. God’s promises made to Abraham are now to be considered; for in these the oracles of our God,901901 Various reading, “of our Lord Jesus Christ.” that is, of the true God, began to appear more openly concerning the godly 321 people, whom prophetic authority foretold. The first of these reads t…
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country. The call of Abram is the beginning of the visible Church as a separated people. God's promise that in Abram all families of the earth would be blessed is the great gospel promise, which finds its fulfillment in Christ. Abraham's obedience, leaving his country by faith, is commended by the apostle as the pattern of a…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:8 — Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
- Acts 13:17 — The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
- Acts 22:1 — Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
- Acts 22:1 — Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
- Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- Gen 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
- Gen 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
- Gen 12:1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Gen 15:7 — And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Gen 15:7 — And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Gen 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Gen 28:10 — And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- Gen 29:4 — And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- Heb 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
- Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Isa 37:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
- John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Josh 24:3 — And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
- Luke 12:12 — For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
- Neh 9:7 — Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- Neh 9:7 — Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- Ps 29:3 — The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
- Ps 29:3 — The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.