Acts 7:26

And 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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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

25For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

27But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that ye contend not by the way.

Psalms 133:1A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

John 15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Philippians 2:1If there is therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

1 John 3:11For this is the message that ye have 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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