Acts 7:25

Acts 7:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

Context of Acts 7:25

23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 26And the next day he showed himself to them as they were fighting, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

Acts 7:25 word by word

ἐνόμιζεν δὲ συνιέναι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς διὰ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ δίδωσιν σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖς· οἱ δὲ οὐ συνῆκαν.Read the interlinear

• Forδέde · thenG1161
• supposedνομίζωnomizō · to thinkG3543
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• understandσυνίημιsuniēmi · to understandG4920
• understandὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• handχείρcheir · handG5495
• deliverδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• deliverσωτηρίαsōtēria · salvationG4991
• notοὐou · noG3756

Cross-references for Acts 7:25

• Acts 14:27And when they had come, and had gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:4And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
• Acts 21:19And when he had greeted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
• 1 Samuel 14:45And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? By no means: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
• 1 Samuel 19:5For he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
• Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
• 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s field, ye are God’s building.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
• Colossians 1:29For which I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
• Psalms 106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
• Mark 9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
• Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.
• Luke 18:34And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

Commentaries on Acts 7:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25He supposed his brethren would have understood, etc. - He probably imagined that, as he felt from the Divine influence he was appointed to be their deliverer, they would have his Divine appointment signified to them in a similar way; and the act of justice which he now did in behalf of his oppressed countryman would be sufficient to show them that he was now ready to enter upon his office, if they were willing to concur.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25For he supposed - This is not mentioned by Moses; but it is not at all improbable. When they saw him “alone” contending with the Egyptian; when it was understood that he had come and taken vengeance on one of their oppressors, it might have been presumed that he regarded himself as directed by God to interpose, and save the people.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