King James Version
Acts 7:2 in the King James Version says “And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Meso...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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 7:2 · 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.
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.
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“The God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“of glory”
G1391glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
“appeared”
G3700to gaze (i.e., with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from g0991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from g1
“Mesopotamia”
G3318mesopotamia (as lying between the euphrates and the tigris; compare h0763), a region of asia
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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