Acts 7:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And Stephen replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Cross References

Genesis 11:31

Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 12:1

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:5

Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot and all the possessions that they had gathered and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran, and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 15:7

Then he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.”

Genesis 29:4

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

Nehemiah 9:7

You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham;

Psalm 24:10

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah

Psalm 24:7

Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in!

Psalm 29:3

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters.

Isaiah 37:12

Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah, who bore you, for he was but one when I called him, but I blessed him and made him many.

Isaiah 6:3

And one called to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.

John 12:41

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke about him.

Acts 22:1

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I now make before you.”

Acts 23:7

When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 7:1

Then the high priest asked him, “Are these things so?”

1 Corinthians 2:8

and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,

Titus 2:13

while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.

James 2:1

My brothers and sisters, do not claim the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory while showing partiality.

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods.

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”