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Noun patriarchēs (patriarch) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Acts
| 2: 29 | "Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our patriarch (patriarchēs) David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. |
| 7: 8 | Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs (patriarchēs). |
| 7: 9 | "The patriarchs (patriarchēs), jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him, |
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