Wisdom & Truth Verses

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called {the synagogue} of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and {against} God.

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. {customs: or, rites}

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

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.

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. {For: or, Now}

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

When Moses saw {it}, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold {it}, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

Hath not my hand made all these things?

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept {it}.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with {their} teeth.