Acts 7:1

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And the High-priest said - Are these things, so?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Are these things true?” the high priest asked.

King James Version (1611)
Then said the high Priest, Are these things so?

King James Version
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

English Standard Version
And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

New American Standard Bible
Now the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

New Century Version
The high priest said to Stephen, "Are these things true?"

Amplified Bible
Now the high priest asked [Stephen], "Are these charges true?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Berean Standard Bible
Then the high priest asked Stephen, "Are these charges true?"

Contemporary English Version
The high priest asked Stephen, "Are they telling the truth about you?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen hagadol asked, "Are these accusations true?"

Darby Translation
And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

Easy-to-Read Version
The high priest said to Stephen, "Is all this true?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd the chiefe Priest, Are these things so?

George Lamsa Translation
THEN the high priest asked Stephen, Are these things so?

Good News Translation
The High Priest asked Stephen, "Is this true?"

Lexham English Bible
And the high priest said, "Is it so concerning these things?"

Literal Translation
And the high priest said, Tell me then if you thus hold these things?

American Standard Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Bible in Basic English
Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen Gadol said, "Are these things so?"

International Standard Version
Then the high priest asked, "Is this true?"

Etheridge Translation
And the chief of the priests demanded if these (things) were so ?

Murdock Translation
And the high priest asked him: Are these things so?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then said ye chiefe priest: Are these thynges so?

English Revised Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

World English Bible
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the high priest, Are these things so? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then the High Priest asked him, "Are these statements true?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prynce of prestis seide to Steuene, Whethir these thingis han hem so?

Update Bible Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

New English Translation
Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?"

New King James Version
Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

New Living Translation
Then the high priest asked Stephen, "Are these accusations true?"

New Life Bible
The head religious leader asked Stephen, "Are these things true?"

New Revised Standard
Then the high priest asked him, "Are these things so?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the high priest said: Are these things so?

Revised Standard Version
And the high priest said, "Is this so?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde ye chefe prest: is it even so?

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the hye prest: Is it eue so?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then said the high priest, are these things so?

THE MESSAGE
Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the head preacher asked Steve, "What have you got to say about this?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Contextual Overview

¹ And the High-priest said - Are these things, so? ² And, he, said - Brethren and fathers, hearken! The God of Glory, appeared unto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, - ³ And said unto him - Get thee forth, out of thy land, and from among thy kindred, and come unto the land which, unto thee, I will point out. ⁴ Then, coming forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which, ye, now dwell; ⁵ And gave him no inheritance therein, not even a place to set his foot on; and yet promised to give it unto him in possession, and unto his seed after him, when as yet he had not a child. ⁶ But God, spake thus - His seed shall be a sojourner in a foreign land, and they will bring it into bondage, and ill-treat it four-hundred years; ⁷ And, the nation unto which they shall be in bondage, will, I, judge - said God; and, after these things, shall they come forth, and render divine service unto me, in this place. ⁸ And he gave unto him a covenant of circumcision; and, thus, he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs. ⁹ And, the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, gave him up into Egypt; and, God, was, with him, ¹⁰ And rescued him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Are: Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14, Matthew 26:61, Matthew 26:62, Mark 14:58-60, John 18:19-21, John 18:33-35

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:20 - General Acts 6:5 - Stephen 1 Timothy 3:13 - great

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, - with God, did Noah walk.

Genesis 7:1
And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 7:4
For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, - so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.

Genesis 7:5
And Noah did, - according to all that Yahweh commanded him.

Genesis 7:6
Now, Noah, was six hundred years old, - when, the flood, came, even waters on the earth.

Genesis 7:7
So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark, - from before the waters of the flood,

Genesis 7:8
Of the beasts that were clean, and of the beasts that were not clean, - and of the birds, and everything that creepeth on the ground,

Genesis 7:9
two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female,, - as God commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass, in the seven days, - that the waters of the flood, came on the earth.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the high priest,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "to him"; that is, to Stephen; for to him he addressed himself: or he "asked him", as the Syriac version renders it; he put the following question to him:

are these things so? is it true what they say, that thou hast spoken blasphemous words against the temple, and the law, and hast said that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the one, and change the other? what hast thou to say for thyself, and in thine own defence? this high priest was either Annas, or rather Caiaphas;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said the high priest - See the notes on Matthew 2:4. In this case the high priest seems to have presided in the council.

Are these things so? - To wit, the charge alleged against him of blasphemy against Moses and the temple, Acts 6:13-14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII.

Stephen, being permitted to answer for himself relative to the

charge of blasphemy brought against him by his accusers, gives

a circumstantial relation of the call of Abraham, when he dwelt

in Mesopotamia, in Charran, c., 1-8.

The history of Jacob and Joseph, 9-17.

The persecution of their fathers in Egypt, 18, 19.

The history of Moses and his acts till the exodus from Egypt,

20-37.

The rebellion and idolatry of the Israelites in the wilderness,

38-43.

The erection of the tabernacle of witness, which continued till

the time of David, 44-46.

Of the temple built by Solomon for that God who cannot be

confined to temples built by hands, 47-50.

Being probably interrupted in the prosecution of his discourse,

he urges home the charge of rebellion against God, persecution

of his prophets, the murder of Christ, and neglect of their own

law against them, 51-53.

They are filled with indignation, and proceed to violence, 54.

He sees the glory of God, and Christ at the right hand of the

Father and declares the glorious vision, 55, 56.

They rush upon him, drag him out of the city, and stone him,

57, 58.

He involves the Lord Jesus, prays for his murderers, and

expires, 59, 60.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII.

Verse Acts 7:1. Are these things so? — Hast thou predicted the destruction of the temple? And hast thou said that Jesus of Nazareth shall change our customs, abolish our religious rites and temple service? Hast thou spoken these blasphemous things against Moses, and against God? Here was some colour of justice; for Stephen was permitted to defend himself. And, in order to do this he thought it best to enter into a detail of their history from the commencement of their nation; and thus show how kindly God had dealt with them, and how ungraciously they and their fathers had requited Him. And all this naturally led him to the conclusion, that God could no longer bear with a people the cup of whose iniquity had been long overflowing; and therefore they might expect to find wrath, without mixture of mercy.

But how could St. Luke get all this circumstantial account? 1. He might have been present, and heard the whole; or, more probably, he had the account from St. Paul, whose companion he was, and who was certainly present when St. Stephen was judged and stoned, for he was consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of them who stoned him. See Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 22:20.