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Acts 7:45

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 45 And our forefathers received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua into the land possessed by the nations,+ whom God drove out from before our forefathers.+ Here it remained until the days of David.

Acts 7:45

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 45 And our forefathers who succeeded to it also brought it in with Joshua*+ into the land possessed by the nations,+ whom God thrust out from before our forefathers.+ Here it remained until the days of David.

Acts 7:45

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 45 ἣν which καὶ also εἰσήγαγον they led in διαδεξάμενοι having throughout received οἱ the πατέρες fathers ἡμῶν of us μετὰ with Ἰησοῦ Jesus ἐν in τῇ the κατασχέσει having down τῶν of the ἐθνῶν nations ὧν of which (ones) ἐξῶσεν pushed out ὁ the θεὸς God ἀπὸ from προσώπου face τῶν of the πατέρων fathers ἡμῶν of us ἕως until τῶν the ἡμερῶν days Δαυείδ· of David;

Acts 7:45

King James Version
- 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Acts 7:45

American Standard Version
- 45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Acts 7:45

The Bible in Living English
- 45 which same our fathers, succeeding to it, brought in with Joshua at the dispossession of the nations God expelled before our fathers, till the days of David;

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 7:45
  
  Joshua: Here referring to the leader of Israel who brought the Israelites into the Promised Land. (De 3:28; 31:7; Jos 1:1, 2) The Hebrew name Jehoshua and its shortened form Joshua mean “Jehovah Is Salvation.” Luke here uses its Greek equivalent, I·e·sousʹ. The Latin form of the same name is Jesus (Iesus). (See App. A4.) This was a common name among Jews in Bible times. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, four people referred to by the Greek name I·e·sousʹ are mentioned: Joshua, the son of Nun, the successor of Moses (Ac 7:45; Heb 4:8); an ancestor of Jesus Christ (Lu 3:29); Jesus Christ himself (Mt 1:21); and a Christian, evidently Jewish, who was one of Paul’s fellow workers (Col 4:11). Josephus mentions several others, besides those in the Bible record, bearing that name.