Acts 7:39 “But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in…”

Acts 7:39

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

World English Bible

to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

American Standard Version

to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

Geneva Bible 1599

To whom our fathers would not obey, but refused, and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt:

Darby Translation

to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

Young's Literal Translation

to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

Bible in Basic English

By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

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Cross references

“whom”

Ezekiel 20:6–14 Psalm 106:16 Acts 7:51 Acts 7:52 Nehemiah 9:16 Psalm 106:32

Ezekiel 20:6–14 · BSB

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

Psalm 106:16 · BSB

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Acts 7:52 · BSB

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

Nehemiah 9:16 · BSB

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

Psalm 106:32 · BSB

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

“but”

Judges 11:2 1 Kings 2:27 Acts 7:27

Judges 11:2 · BSB

And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

1 Kings 2:27 · BSB

So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

Acts 7:27 · BSB

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

“and in”

Numbers 11:5 Exodus 16:3 Exodus 17:3 Numbers 21:5 Exodus 14:11 Exodus 14:12

Numbers 11:5 · BSB

We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

Exodus 16:3 · BSB

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Exodus 17:3 · BSB

But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

Numbers 21:5 · BSB

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Exodus 14:11 · BSB

They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 14:12 · BSB

Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

40They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

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