Acts 7:26

So truly, on the following day, he appeared before those who were arguing, and he would have reconciled them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. So why would you harm one another?’

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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

25Now he supposed that his brothers would understand that God would grant them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand it.

27But he who was causing the injury to his neighbor rejected him, saying: ‘Who has appointed you as leader and judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24Thus he sent away his brothers, and as they set out he said, “Do not become angry on the way.”

Psalms 133:1A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

John 15:17This I command you: that you love one another.

Philippians 2:1Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration:

1 John 3:11For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love 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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