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Acts 7:52
New English Translation
Acts 7:52
New English Translation
52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors[a] not persecute?[b] They[c] killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One,[d] whose betrayers and murderers you have now become![e]
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- Acts 7:52 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
- Acts 7:52 sn Which…persecute. The rhetorical question suggests they persecuted them all.
- Acts 7:52 tn Grk “And they.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
- Acts 7:52 sn The Righteous One is a reference to Jesus Christ.
- Acts 7:52 sn Whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. The harsh critique has OT precedent (1 Kgs 19:10-14; Neh 9:26; 2 Chr 36:16).
Acts 7:52
New International Version
Acts 7:52
New International Version
52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(A) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(B)—
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