Acts 7:26

And the day following he appeared 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?

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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

25and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

27But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

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

Philippians 2:1If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

1 John 3:11For this is the message which 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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