Acts 7:2

New Living Translation

This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

Genesis 12:1

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:5

He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

Genesis 15:7

Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”

Genesis 29:4

Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

Nehemiah 9:7

“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.

Psalm 24:10

Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory. Interlude

Psalm 24:7

Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.

Psalm 29:3

The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.

Isaiah 37:12

Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

Isaiah 51:2

Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation. Abraham was only one man when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”

Isaiah 6:3

They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”

Matthew 6:13

And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

John 1:14

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

John 12:41

Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he said this, because he saw the future and spoke of the Messiah’s glory.

Acts 22:1

“Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.”

Acts 23:7

This divided the council—the Pharisees against the Sadducees—

Acts 7:1

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these accusations true?”

1 Corinthians 2:8

But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.

Ephesians 1:17

asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

Titus 2:13

while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.

James 2:1

My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?

Joshua 24:2

Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”