Acts 7:26

And on the following day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

25For he supposed his brethren would understand, that God by his hand would deliver them; but they understood not.

27But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

John 15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Philippians 2:1IF then there is any consolation[2:1] in Christ, if any comfort from love, if any communion of the Spirit, if any tender affection and compassion,

1 John 3:11because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we 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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