Acts 7:53

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Acts 7:51–55 · Berean Standard Bible

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

52 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—

53 you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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Exodus 19:2

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Exodus 19:3

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Exodus 19:4

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Exodus 19:5

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Exodus 19:6

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Exodus 19:7

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Exodus 19:8

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Exodus 19:9

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Exodus 19:11

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Exodus 19:12

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Exodus 19:13

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Exodus 19:14

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Exodus 19:15

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Exodus 19:16

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Exodus 19:17

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Exodus 19:18

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Exodus 19:19

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Exodus 19:20

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Ezekiel 20:19

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