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Acts 7:26 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 26
And 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?Acts 7:26 · King James Version
Acts 7:26 in context
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?
28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- himselfoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
- strovemachomaito fight, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle, of those…G3164 →
- sayingeiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- wrongadikeōabsolutely, to act unjustly or wickedly, to sin,, to be a criminal, to have violated the…G91 →
- nextepeimito come upon, approach, of time, to come on, be at hand, next, following, on the…G1966 →
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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