Acts 7:24

Acts 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
• New International Version (NIV)He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.

Context of Acts 7:24

22Moses had teachers who taught him all the wise things that the Egyptians knew. He learned how to speak well. He could also do powerful things. 23When Moses was 40 years old, he went to see his own people, the people of Israel. He saw that an Egyptian man was being cruel to one of the Israelite men. So he went to help the Israelite man. He killed the Egyptian man to punish him. 25Moses thought that his own people would understand him. They would know that God was using him to save them. They would no longer be slaves to work for the Egyptians. But his people did not understand all this. 26On the next day, Moses saw two Israelite men. They were fighting each other. He tried to make them become friends. He said to them, “Listen to me, men. You are both in the family of Israel. You should not hurt each other.”

Acts 7:24 word by word

καὶ ἰδών τινα ἀδικούμενον ἠμύνατο καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκδίκησιν τῷ καταπονουμένῳ πατάξας τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• seeingὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• suffer wrongἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
• he defendedἀμύνωamunomai · to defendG292
• ·ποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• avengedἐκδίκησιςekdikēsis · vengeanceG1557
• him that was oppressedκαταπονέωkataponeō · to oppressG2669
• smoteπατάσσωpatassō · to strikeG3960
• the EgyptianΑἰγύπτιοςAiguptios · EgyptianG124

Cross-references for Acts 7:24

• Acts 7:28I know that yesterday you killed an Egyptian man. So do you want to kill me too?”
• John 18:10Simon Peter had a sword. He took hold of it and he attacked the servant of the leader of the priests. He cut off the servant's right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

Commentaries on Acts 7:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Smote the Egyptian - See this explained, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:12; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Suffer wrong - The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, Exodus 2:11-12. Smote the Egyptian - He slew him, and buried him in the sand,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. 23-2723-27. In Ac 7:23, 30, 36, the life of Moses is represented as embracing three periods, of forty years each; the Jewish writers say the same; and though this is not expressly stated in the Old Testament, his age at death, one hundred twenty years (De 34:7), agrees with it. it came into his heart to visit his brethren--his heart yearning with love to them as God's chosen people, and heaving with the consciousness of a divine vocation to set them free.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