Acts 7:19

Acts 7:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

Context of Acts 7:19

17Stephen then said, ‘After many years, the time arrived for God to make his promise to Abraham become true. By this time, Jacob's family who still lived in Egypt had become very many. 18Now, a different king ruled Egypt. This new king did not know anything about Joseph and what he had done. He was very cruel to our ancestors and he caused them to suffer. When new babies were born, he said that our people must put them out of their homes. He said that because he wanted the babies to die. 20It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a very beautiful baby. His parents took care of him for three months in their own home. 21Then they had to put him outside. But Pharaoh's daughter found him and she took him to her home. She took care of him as if he was her own son.

Acts 7:19 word by word

οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• dealt subtillyκατασοφίζομαιkatasophizomai · be cunningG2686
• withγένοςgenos · family: descendantG1085
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• evil entreatedκακόωkakoō · to harmG2559
• fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• so that theyποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• cast outἔκθετοςekthetos · exposedG1570
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• young childrenβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• to the endεἰςeis · towardG1519
• they mightζωογονέωzōogoneō · to give lifeG2225
• notμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for Acts 7:19

• Exodus 1:9He said to his people, ‘Look! The Israelites have become too many for us. They are more powerful than we are.
• Psalms 83:4They say, ‘Come now! We will destroy them. They will no longer be a nation. Nobody will remember the name of Israel any more.’
• Psalms 105:25So the Egyptians began to hate God's people. They did cruel things to the Lord's people.
• Psalms 129:1Since I was young, my enemies have often attacked me. Israel's people now answer:
• Revelation 12:4Its tail beat away a third of the stars from the sky. It threw them down on the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who would soon give birth to her baby. He was waiting there to eat her child as soon as he was born.

Commentaries on Acts 7:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The same dealt subtilty - ̔ , A word borrowed from the Septuagint, who thus translate the Hebrew לו נהחכמה nithchokmah lo, let us deal wisely with it, i.e. with cunning and deceit, as the Greek word implies; and which is evidently intended by the Hebrew. See Genesis 27:35, Thy brother came with subtilty, which the Targumist explains by בחוכמא be -chokma, with wisdom, that is, cunning and deceit. For this the Egyptians were so remarkable that , to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Dealt subtilly - He acted deceitfully; he used fraud. The cunning or deceitful attempt which is referred to, is his endeavour to weaken and destroy the Jewish people by causing their male children to be put to death, Exodus 1:22. Our kindred - Our nation, or our ancestors. And evil-entreated - Was unjust and cruel toward them. So that … - For that purpose, or to “cause” them to cast them out. He dealt with them in this cruel manner, hoping that the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-29Verses 17-29 Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their day is darkest, and their distress deepest. Moses was exceeding fair, "fair toward God;" it is the beauty of holiness which is in God's sight of great price. He was wonderfully preserved in his infancy; for God will take special care of those of whom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53Stephen answered the accusations by speaking about his Lord (see Luke 21:12–17). Instead of defending himself, he became a witness in God's legal case against them. This revealed how contrary they were and their lack of loyalty. Stephen gave a history of Israel's past and reminded them of their repeated rejections of those who announced God's messages. Stephen's review of Israel's history has three main parts: The work of the patriarchs. This refers to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-60In this long defense Stephen takes a much wider range, and goes less directly into the point raised by his accusers, than we should have expected. His object seems to have been to show (1) that so far from disparaging, he deeply reverenced, and was intimately conversant with, the whole history of the ancient economy; and (2) that in resisting the erection of the Gospel kingdom they were but treading in their fathers' footsteps, the whole history of their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings