Acts 7:25

And he supposed that his brethren would understand that, by his hand, God would give them salvation: but they understood not.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

In Context

24And seeing one of them unjustly treated, he defended and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian.

26And on the next day he showed himself to them, as they were fighting, and endeavored to persuade them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers: why do you injure one another?

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Cross References

Luke 9:45But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they might not understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Acts 14:27And having come and called together the church, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:7And after there had been much disputing, Peter arose, and said to them: Brethren, you know that, at the beginning, God made choice among us, that, by my mouth, the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.

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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