Acts 7:24

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

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

In Context

23When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

25For he supposed his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance by his hand: but they did not understand.

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Cross References

John 18:25And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said to him, Are you not also one of his 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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