Acts 7:24

And seeing a certain one suffering affliction, he interposed, and executed vengeance in behalf of the oppressed one, slaying the Egyptian.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

In Context

23And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

25And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.

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Cross References

John 18:25And Simon Peter was standing and warming: and they said to him, Art thou not one of His disciples? He denied, and said, I am not.

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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