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Acts 7:4

Acts 7:4
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans,.... The same with Mesopotamia; so Pliny says (b), that

"because of Babylon the head of the Chaldean nation---the other part of Mesopotamia and Assyria…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Land of the Chaldeans - From Ur of the Chaldees, Gen 11:31. When his father was dead - This passage has given rise to no small difficulty in the interpretation. The difficulty is this: From Gen 11:26,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

When his father was dead - See the note on Gen 11:26.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 7:1-16

Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran The Chaldæans were the people of that country which had Babylon for its capital. The extent of the country signified by "the land of…

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