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

17“But as the time of the promise which God had assured to Abraham was approaching, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, 18until another king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. It was he who shrewdly took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers in order that they would abandon their infants in the Nile, so that they would not survive. 20At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful to God. He was nurtured for three months in his father’s home. 21And after he had been put outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and nurtured him as 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

• shrewdlyκατασοφίζομαιkatasophizomai · be cunningG2686
• our nationγένοςgenos · family: descendantG1085
• and mistreatedκακόωkakoō · to harmG2559
• our fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• abandonποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• abandonἔκθετοςekthetos · exposedG1570
• their infantsβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• soεἰςeis · towardG1519
• they would not surviveζωογονέωzōogoneō · to give lifeG2225

Cross-references for Acts 7:19

• Exodus 1:9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
• Psalms 83:4They have said, “Come, and let’s wipe them out as a nation, So that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
• Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal cunningly with His servants.
• Psalms 129:1“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,
• Revelation 12:4And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her Child.

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