Acts 7:26

On the next day he came to some Israelites as they were quarreling; he tried to put them at peace with each other; he said, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting 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

25he thought that his brothers would understand that God by his hand was rescuing them, but they did not understand.

27But the one who had wronged his neighbor pushed him away, and said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away and they left. He said to them, “See that you do not quarrel on the journey.”

Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 1 for brothers to live together! 1

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

Philippians 2:1If there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort from his love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if there are any tender mercies and compassions,

1 John 3:11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: 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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