Acts 7:19
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
οὗτος
He
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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γένος
race
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γένος
Race, family, kind, nation. Genos. A chosen race a royal priesthood. Your identity in Christ overrides every other category. You belong to God's own people.
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ζωογονέω
to be given life.
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ζωογονέω
to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
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ποιέω
making them
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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βρέφος
infants
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βρέφος
an infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively
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κακόω
he mistreated
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κακόω
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
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κατασοφίζομαι
having dealt treacherously with
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κατασοφίζομαι
having dealt treacherously with
to be crafty against, i.e. circumvent
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ἔκθετος
abandon
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ἔκθετος
put out, i.e. exposed to perish
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