Acts 7:1

Mace New Testament

Then said the high priest, are these things so?

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The high priest said to Stephen, "Is all this true?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde ye chefe prest: is it even so?

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen Gadol said, "Are these things so?"

International Standard Version
Then the high priest asked, "Is this true?"

New American Standard Bible
Now the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

New Century Version
The high priest said to Stephen, "Are these things true?"

Update Bible Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

English Standard Version
And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

World English Bible
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the high priest, Are these things so? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then the High Priest asked him, "Are these statements true?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prynce of prestis seide to Steuene, Whethir these thingis han hem so?

English Revised Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Berean Standard Bible
Then the high priest asked Stephen, "Are these charges true?"

Contemporary English Version
The high priest asked Stephen, "Are they telling the truth about you?"

Amplified Bible
Now the high priest asked [Stephen], "Are these charges true?"

American Standard Version
And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Bible in Basic English
Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen hagadol asked, "Are these accusations true?"

Darby Translation
And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

Etheridge Translation
And the chief of the priests demanded if these (things) were so ?

Murdock Translation
And the high priest asked him: Are these things so?

King James Version (1611)
Then said the high Priest, Are these things so?

New Living Translation
Then the high priest asked Stephen, "Are these accusations true?"

New Life Bible
The head religious leader asked Stephen, "Are these things true?"

New Revised Standard
Then the high priest asked him, "Are these things so?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd the chiefe Priest, Are these things so?

George Lamsa Translation
THEN the high priest asked Stephen, Are these things so?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the High-priest said - Are these things, so?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the high priest said: Are these things so?

Revised Standard Version
And the high priest said, "Is this so?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then said ye chiefe priest: Are these thynges so?

Good News Translation
The High Priest asked Stephen, "Is this true?"

Christian Standard Bible®
“Are these things true?” the high priest asked.

King James Version
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

Lexham English Bible
And the high priest said, "Is it so concerning these things?"

Literal Translation
And the high priest said, Tell me then if you thus hold these things?

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the hye prest: Is it eue so?

THE MESSAGE
Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

New English Translation
Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?"

New King James Version
Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the head preacher asked Steve, "What have you got to say about this?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"

Contextual Overview

¹ Then said the high priest, are these things so? ² Stephen answer'd, my brethren, and you my fathers, lend your attention. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, ³ and said to him, quit your country, and your kindred, to go to the land which I shall shew thee. ⁴ thereupon he went out of Chaldea, and dwelt in Charran: from thence, after his father's death, he removed him to this very country where you now dwell. ⁵ he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of land: yet he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, tho' he had then no child. ⁶ God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years. ⁷ and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place." ⁸ at length he gave him the covenant of circumcision: accordingly Abraham circumcised his son Isaac eight days after he was born, Isaac was father of Jacob, who was father of the twelve patriarchs. ⁹ the patriarchs being jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt: but God was with him, ¹⁰ he delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him wisdom to become acceptable to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who made him governor of Egypt, and all his houshold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Are: Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14, Matthew 26:61, Matthew 26:62, Mark 14:58-60, John 18:19-21, John 18:33-35

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:20 - General Acts 6:5 - Stephen 1 Timothy 3:13 - great

Cross-References

Luke 17:26
the same thing shall happen in the son of man's time as did in Noah's days.

Acts 2:39
for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Hebrews 11:7
'Twas by faith that Noah being divinely warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern built an ark to the preservation of his family; whereby the world became inexcusable, and he obtained the reward of that righteousness which is by faith.

1 Peter 3:20
those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the high priest,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "to him"; that is, to Stephen; for to him he addressed himself: or he "asked him", as the Syriac version renders it; he put the following question to him:

are these things so? is it true what they say, that thou hast spoken blasphemous words against the temple, and the law, and hast said that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the one, and change the other? what hast thou to say for thyself, and in thine own defence? this high priest was either Annas, or rather Caiaphas;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said the high priest - See the notes on Matthew 2:4. In this case the high priest seems to have presided in the council.

Are these things so? - To wit, the charge alleged against him of blasphemy against Moses and the temple, Acts 6:13-14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII.

Stephen, being permitted to answer for himself relative to the

charge of blasphemy brought against him by his accusers, gives

a circumstantial relation of the call of Abraham, when he dwelt

in Mesopotamia, in Charran, c., 1-8.

The history of Jacob and Joseph, 9-17.

The persecution of their fathers in Egypt, 18, 19.

The history of Moses and his acts till the exodus from Egypt,

20-37.

The rebellion and idolatry of the Israelites in the wilderness,

38-43.

The erection of the tabernacle of witness, which continued till

the time of David, 44-46.

Of the temple built by Solomon for that God who cannot be

confined to temples built by hands, 47-50.

Being probably interrupted in the prosecution of his discourse,

he urges home the charge of rebellion against God, persecution

of his prophets, the murder of Christ, and neglect of their own

law against them, 51-53.

They are filled with indignation, and proceed to violence, 54.

He sees the glory of God, and Christ at the right hand of the

Father and declares the glorious vision, 55, 56.

They rush upon him, drag him out of the city, and stone him,

57, 58.

He involves the Lord Jesus, prays for his murderers, and

expires, 59, 60.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII.

Verse Acts 7:1. Are these things so? — Hast thou predicted the destruction of the temple? And hast thou said that Jesus of Nazareth shall change our customs, abolish our religious rites and temple service? Hast thou spoken these blasphemous things against Moses, and against God? Here was some colour of justice; for Stephen was permitted to defend himself. And, in order to do this he thought it best to enter into a detail of their history from the commencement of their nation; and thus show how kindly God had dealt with them, and how ungraciously they and their fathers had requited Him. And all this naturally led him to the conclusion, that God could no longer bear with a people the cup of whose iniquity had been long overflowing; and therefore they might expect to find wrath, without mixture of mercy.

But how could St. Luke get all this circumstantial account? 1. He might have been present, and heard the whole; or, more probably, he had the account from St. Paul, whose companion he was, and who was certainly present when St. Stephen was judged and stoned, for he was consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of them who stoned him. See Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 22:20.