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

22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did. 23When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. When he saw an Israelite man being treated unfairly by an Egyptian, he defended the Israelite. He took revenge by killing the Egyptian. 25Moses thought his own people would understand that God was going to use him to give them freedom. But they didn’t understand. 26The next day Moses saw two Israelites fighting, and he tried to make peace between them. He said to them, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you treating each other unfairly?’

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 7:28Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
• John 18:10Simon Peter had a sword. He drew it, attacked the chief priest’s servant, and 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