Acts 7:1

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Acts 7:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

2 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

3 and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

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Matthew 26:62

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John 18:19

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John 18:20

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John 18:21

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John 18:33

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John 18:35

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