Acts 7:24

And seeing one of them treated injuriously, he defended him, and executed vengeance for him who had suffered the outrage, smiting the Egyptian.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

23But when he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

25For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand would give them deliverance: but they understood not.

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Cross References

John 18:25Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then said they to him, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He denied it, 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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