Acts 7:26

And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other?

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In The King James Version

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

In Context

25And he presumed his brothers understood that, by his hand, God was giving them salvation, but they did not understand.

27But the man doing wrong to his neighbor thrust him away, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, See that ye not fall out by the way.

Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

John 15:17These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

Philippians 2:1If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

1 John 3:11Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:18-30

Stephen's Address. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19 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. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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