Acts 7:49 — Meaning and Application

Acts 7:1

"Then said the high priest, Are these things so?"

Acts 7:2

"And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,"

Acts 7:3

"And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee."

Acts 7:4

"Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell."

Acts 7:5

"And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not {so much as} to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when {as yet} he had no child."

Acts 7:6

"And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat {them} evil four hundred years."