King James Version
Acts 7:1 in the King James Version says “Then said the high priest, Are these things so?” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then said the high priest, Are these things so?”
Acts 7:1 · KJV
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
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,
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
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“the high priest”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
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