1Then the high priest said: Are these things so?

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John 18:19, John 18:21, John 18:19, John 18:21, Matthew 26:61

2Who 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.

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Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:31, Acts 22:1, Acts 22:1, Psalms 29:3

3And said to him: Go forth out of thy country and from thy kindred: and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

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Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:1, Hebrews 11:8, Hebrews 11:8, Joshua 24:3

4Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.

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Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 11:31

5And he gave him no inheritance in it: no, not the pace of a foot. But he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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Genesis 17:8, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 15:18

6And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years.

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Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:13, Galatians 3:17, Galatians 3:17, Genesis 15:16

7And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place.

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Exodus 3:12, Exodus 3:12, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 15:16, Psalms 105:27

8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

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Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 35:26, Genesis 17:9

9And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

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Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:2, Psalms 105:17, Psalms 105:17, Isaiah 43:2

10And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.

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Proverbs 3:4, Proverbs 3:4, Proverbs 2:6, 2 Timothy 4:18, Genesis 48:16

11Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our fathers found no food.

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Genesis 41:54, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 41:54, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 45:11

12But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

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Genesis 42:1, Genesis 42:24, Genesis 42:1, Genesis 42:24, Genesis 43:2

13And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren: and his kindred was made known to Pharao.

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Genesis 45:1, Genesis 45:18, Genesis 46:31, Genesis 47:10, Genesis 45:1

14And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

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Genesis 46:26, Genesis 46:27, Deuteronomy 10:22, Genesis 46:26, Genesis 46:27

15So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.

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Genesis 49:33, Exodus 1:6, Genesis 49:33, Exodus 1:6, Genesis 46:3

16And they were translated into Sichem and were laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem.

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Joshua 24:32, Joshua 24:32, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 23:16, Exodus 13:19

17And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.

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Acts 7:6, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:12, Acts 13:17, Acts 7:6

18Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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Exodus 1:8, Exodus 1:8

19This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

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Psalms 105:25, Psalms 105:25, Exodus 1:9, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 1:9

20At the same time was Moses born: and he was acceptable to God. Who was nourished three months in his father's house.

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Hebrews 11:23, Hebrews 11:23, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:2

21And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up and nourished him for her own son.

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Hebrews 11:24, Deuteronomy 32:26, Hebrews 11:24, Deuteronomy 32:26, Exodus 2:2

22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.

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Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:11, Daniel 1:4, 2 Chronicles 9:22, Daniel 1:4

23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

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Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:12, Proverbs 21:1

24And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.

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John 18:10, John 18:11, John 18:25, John 18:27, Acts 7:28

25And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.

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Acts 15:7, 2 Kings 5:1, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Acts 15:4, Psalms 106:7

26And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren. Why hurt you one another?

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Exodus 2:13, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 2:15, 1 Corinthians 6:6

27But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us:

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Acts 7:35, Acts 7:35, Luke 12:14, Luke 12:14, Acts 4:11

28What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?

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29And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

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Exodus 18:2, Exodus 18:4, Exodus 18:2, Exodus 18:4, Exodus 2:14

30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

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Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:2, Isaiah 43:2

31And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

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Exodus 3:3, Exodus 3:4, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 3:4

32I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold.

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Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:6, Matthew 22:32, Matthew 22:32, Revelation 1:17

33And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground.

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Exodus 3:5, Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15, Joshua 5:15, 2 Peter 1:18

34Seeing, 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: and I will send thee into Egypt.

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Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:10, Psalms 106:44

35This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? Him God sent to be prince and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.

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Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:23, Luke 19:14, Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:23

36He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the desert, forty years.

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Exodus 14:21, Exodus 12:41, Exodus 14:21, Exodus 12:41, Exodus 33:1

37This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself. Him shall you hear.

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Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:19, Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:19, Acts 3:22

38This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sina and with our fathers. Who received the words of life to give unto us.

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Romans 3:2, Romans 3:2, Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:12, Acts 7:53

39Whom our fathers would not obey: but thrust him away and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

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Numbers 14:3, Numbers 14:4, Numbers 14:3, Numbers 14:4, Numbers 11:5

40Saying to Aaron: Make us gods to go before us. For as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

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Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:23, Exodus 32:23

41And they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifices to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

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Psalms 106:19, Psalms 106:21, Psalms 106:19, Psalms 106:21, Nehemiah 9:18

42And God turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel?

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Amos 5:25, Amos 5:26, Amos 5:25, Amos 5:26, Ezekiel 20:39

43And you took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rempham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

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Amos 5:26, Amos 5:27, Amos 5:26, Amos 5:27, Deuteronomy 5:8

44The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen.

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Exodus 25:40, Exodus 25:40, Exodus 38:21, Exodus 38:21, Hebrews 8:5

45Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles: whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David,

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Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:2, Acts 13:19, Joshua 24:18, Joshua 23:9

46Who found grace before God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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Psalms 132:1, Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:1, Psalms 132:5, Acts 13:22

47But Solomon built him a house,

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1 Kings 8:20, 1 Kings 8:20, 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 6:37, 1 Kings 6:38

48Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:

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Acts 17:24, Acts 17:25, Acts 17:24, Acts 17:25, Isaiah 66:1

49Heaven is my throne and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me (saith the Lord)? Or what is the place of my resting?

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Isaiah 66:1, Isaiah 66:1, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 11:4, John 4:21

50Hath not my hand made all these things?

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Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:17, Acts 14:15, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 33:9

51You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also.

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Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 10:16, Leviticus 26:41, Leviticus 26:41, Isaiah 63:10

52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One: of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers.

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Matthew 5:12, Matthew 5:12, 1 Kings 19:10, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 1 Kings 19:10

53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it.

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Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 2:2, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 3:19, Acts 7:38

54Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart: and they gnashed with their teeth at him.

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Acts 5:33, Acts 5:33, Psalms 35:16, Psalms 35:16, Matthew 13:50

55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

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Mark 16:19, Mark 16:19, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 1:3, 2 Corinthians 4:6

56And they, crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears and with one accord ran violently upon him.

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Matthew 26:64, Matthew 26:65, Matthew 26:64, Matthew 26:65, Revelation 11:19

57And casting him forth without the city. they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.

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Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:11, Acts 23:27, Psalms 58:4, Acts 23:27

58And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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Acts 22:20, Acts 22:20, Acts 8:1, Acts 8:1, Leviticus 24:14

59And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

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Luke 23:46, Luke 23:46, Psalms 31:5, Psalms 31:5, Acts 22:16