2Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran,
3and told him, "Leave your country and family and go to the land I''ll show you.''
4"So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live,
Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin, the longest speech in Acts. Rather than a legal defense, Stephen retells Israel's story from Abraham to Solomon, highlighting a recurring pattern: God's people resist His messengers and miss His presence. The speech culminate
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