Acts 7:26

"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one 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

25He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.

27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, '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 departed. He said to them, "See that you do not quarrel on the way."

Psalms 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David.See how good and how pleasant it isfor brothers to live together in unity!

John 15:17"I command these things to you, that you 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 compassion,

1 John 3:11For this is the message which you 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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