Study it in the app“Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God moved him to this land in which you now live.”
Thenτότεgoing outἐξελθὼνfromἐκthe landγῆςof the Chaldeans,Χαλδαίωνhe livedκατῴκησενinἐνHaran.ΧαρράνAnd from there,κἀκεῖθενafterμετὰhisαὐτοῦfatherτὸν πατέραdied,τὸ ἀποθανεῖνGod movedμετῴκισενhimαὐτὸνtoεἰςthisτὴν ταύτηνlandγῆνinεἰςwhichἣνyouὑμεῖςnowνῦνlive.κατοικεῖτε
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appearsgo out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthōn” appearsland
A country or a region.
Where else “gēs” appearsChaldean
Chaldean: a person from Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia.
Where else “Chaldaiōn” appearsdwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katōikēsen” appearsHaran
Haran, a city of northern Mesopotamia where Abraham lived before he went to Canaan.
Where else “Charran” appearsand from there
Links what follows to the place being left: “and going on from that place.”
Where else “kakeithen” appearsparents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patera” appearsdie
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanein” appearsresettle
To make someone go to live in another land.
Where else “metōikisen” appears3and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’
4 · This verse (above)
5And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foothold; and he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, when he had no child.
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?
