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AndκαὶJacobἸακὼβwent downκατέβηtoεἰςEgypt,Αἴγυπτονandκαὶheαὐτὸςdied,ἐτελεύτησενandκαὶourοἱ ἡμῶνfathersπατέρεςtoo,
Acts 7:15
Study it in the app“And Jacob went down to Egypt, and he died, and our fathers too,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:15, word by word
- JacobἸακὼβIakōb
Jacob
Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
Where else “Iakōb” appears- went downκατέβηkatebē
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katebē” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigypton” appears- diedἐτελεύτησενeteleutēsen
die
Die, come to the end of life.
Where else “eteleutēsen” appears- fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
14And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons.
15 · This verse (above)
16and they were carried over to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?