Acts 7:25

For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

Webster Bible

In The King James Version

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

In Context

24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him , and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

26And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?

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Cross References

Judges 15:12And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

1 Samuel 19:5For he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it , and didst rejoice: Why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

Psalms 106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.

Acts 14:27And when they had come, and had assembled the church, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose and said to them, Men, brethren, ye know that a good while ago, God made choice among us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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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