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Acts 7:25 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 25
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.Acts 7:25 · King James Version
Acts 7:25 in context
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:
25For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understoodsyniēmito set or bring together, in a hostile sense, of combatants, to put the perception with…G4920 →
- supposednomizōto hold by custom or usage, own as a custom or usage, to follow a custom or usage, it is…G3543 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- deliverdidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- deliversōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- handcheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
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Stephen here goes on to relate, I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was when the time of the promise drew nigh - the time when they were to be formed into a people.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29