Acts 7:26

And the next day, he shewed himselfe vnto them as they stroue, and woulde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why doe 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

25For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.

27But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.

Psalms 133:1A song of degrees or Psalme of David. Behold, howe good and howe comely a thing it is, brethren to dwell euen together.

John 15:17These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another.

Philippians 2:1If there be therfore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of loue, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any compassion and mercie,

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