Acts 7:38-39 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

³⁸He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

³⁹But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

— Acts 7:38-39

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