Acts 7:26

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

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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 was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

27But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

Psalms 133:1A Song of the going up. Of David. See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

John 15:17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

Philippians 2:1If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

1 John 3:11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

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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