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Acts 7:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 27
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?Acts 7:27 · King James Version
Acts 7:27 in context
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?
29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourplēsiona neighbour, a friend, any other person, and where two are concerned, the other…G4139 →
- thrustapōtheōto thrust away, push away, repel, to thrust away from one s self, to drive away from one…G683 →
- sayingeiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- wrongadikeōabsolutely, to act unjustly or wickedly, to sin,, to be a criminal, to have violated the…G91 →
- rulerarchōna ruler, commander, chief, leaderG758 →
- judgedikastēsa judge, arbitrator, umpireG1348 →
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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