Acts 7:27
But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
28Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?
Cross References
Matthew 21:23And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority?
John 18:36Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him.
Acts 4:11He is the stone that was set at naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts 7:35This Moses whom they denied, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him did God send as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand[7:35] of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
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 →