Acts 7:3 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

God told him, 'Leave your country, leave your family, and go to the place I'm going to show you.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes God asks you to leave everything familiar behind to find what he has planned for you.

📚 Historical Context

In Acts 7, Stephen is defending himself before the Jewish council by recounting the history of Israel, specifically highlighting God's faithfulness through figures like Abraham. This verse quotes God's original command to Abraham in Genesis 12, when he was living in Mesopotamia, urging him to leave his familiar surroundings and family to venture into an unknown land that God would reveal. Stephen uses this story to illustrate how God often calls His people to step out in faith, just as He did with the patriarchs.

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Then he will leave you, along with his children, and return to his own family and to the land that belonged to his ancestors.

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Moses said goodbye to his father-in-law, and Jethro returned to his own country.

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And he said to him, 'I will not go with you; instead, I will return to my own country and to my family.'

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