1 A nd the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

2 a nd he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

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,

3 a nd He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

4 ` Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

5 a nd He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

And he gave him none 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 seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

6 ` And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

7 a nd the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

8 ` And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

9 a nd the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

10 a nd did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 ` And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

12 a nd Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

13 a nd at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

14 a nd Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

15 a nd Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

16 a nd they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

17 ` And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18 t ill another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

19 t his one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

20 i n which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

21 a nd he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

22 a nd Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

23 ` And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

24 a nd having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

25 a nd he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

26 ` On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

27 a nd he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

28 t o kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

29 ` And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

30 a nd forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

31 a nd Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

32 I the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

33 a nd the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

34 s eeing I have seen the affliction of My people that in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

35 ` This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

36 t his one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

37 t his is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.

This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

38 ` This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

39 t o whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

40 s aying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

41 ` And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

42 a nd God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

43 a nd ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan -- the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

44 ` The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

45 w hich also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

46 w ho found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

47 a nd Solomon built Him an house.

But Solomon built him an house.

48 ` But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

49 T he heaven My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what the place of My rest?

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

50 h ath not My hand made all these things?

Hath not my hand made all these things?

51 ` Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

52 w hich of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

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:

53 w ho received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep.'

who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

54 A nd hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

55 a nd being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

56 a nd he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

57 A nd they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

58 a nd having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --

and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

59 a nd they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60 a nd having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.