He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
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He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
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For he supposed hys brethren wolde have vnderstonde how that God by his hondes shuld save them But they vnderstode not.
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For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.
Cross-references (16)
Passages linked to Acts 7:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 9:45 But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
- Luke 18:34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1 Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,
- 1 Samuel 14:45 The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God today!” So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn’t die.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
- 2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- Psalms 106:7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Mark 9:32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Acts 14:27 When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
- Acts 15:4 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.
- Acts 15:7 When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News and believe.
- Acts 21:19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Romans 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
- Colossians 1:29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood…
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Ver. 25. But they understood not] For by this time they through long and hard oppression (which makes even a wise man mad, Ecc 7:7) had well nigh forgotten the promise of deliverance out of Egypt; and having been born in hell (as the proverb is) they knew no other heaven.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This they might have inferred,
This they might have inferred,
1. From his extraordinary deliverance out of the Egyptians’ hands, and out of the river, when young.
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2. From his readiness to defend them: it was wonderful, that such a one as he was, and might have been, should mind them.
3. From the drawing near of the time of their deliverance, which they could not, without negligence, be wholly ignorant of.
By his hand; by his means and ministry.
But they understood not: stupidity is frequently charged upon this people: they then did not receive Moses, as these now would not receive Christ.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he supposed his brethren would have understood him,....…
For he supposed his brethren would have understood him,.... From his being an Hebrew in such high life; from his wonderful birth, and miraculous preservation in his infancy, and education in Pharaoh's court; and from the promise of God that he would visit them and save them:
how that God by his hand would deliver them: wherefore he was the more emboldened to kill the Egyptian, believing that his brethren would make no advantage of it against him; but look upon it as a beginning and pledge of their deliverance by him:
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but they understood not; or "him not", as the Ethiopic version reads; they did not understand that he was to be their deliverer, or that this action of his was a token of it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They understood it not - Such was their stupidity…
They understood it not - Such was their stupidity and sloth; which made him afterward unwilling to go to them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. He supposed his brethren would have understood,…
Verse 25. He supposed his brethren would have understood, c.] 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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For he supposed - This is not mentioned by…
For 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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain For he supposed his brethren would have understood, &c.--and…
For he supposed his brethren would have understood, &c.--and perhaps imagined this a suitable occasion for rousing and rallying them under him as their leader; thus anticipating his work, and so running unsent.
but they understood not--Reckoning on a spirit in them congenial with his own, he had the mortification to find it far otherwise. This furnishes to Stephen another example of Israel's slowness to apprehend and fall in with the divine purposes of love.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. And they… returned—Like victors from the field, the…
25. And they… returned—Like victors from the field, the apostles return to the capital. They probably pass by the same route which they once travelled with the Lord from Samaria, (Luk_9:51-55. See note on Joh_4:4.) Then John would have called fire from heaven upon the people. Now they testified the historic fact of the Lord’s history, and preached salvation through his name. For the route they took and the villages they evangelized (reversing our Lord’s course) see our note on Joh_4:4.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. for he supposed his brethren would have understood…
25. for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them] Better, and he supposed that his brethren understood how that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. There is no condition in the sentence. The traditions, in the atmosphere of which Stephen moved, represent the death of the Egyptian as no mere ordinary killing by superior strength, but as brought about by mysterious Divine power, which Moses feeling within himself expected his kindred to recognize.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) For he supposed his brethren would have understood…
(25) For he supposed his brethren would have understood . . .—Better, and he supposed. The Greek conjunction never has the meaning of “for,” and the insertion of that word gives to the act of slaying the Egyptian a deliberate character which, in the narrative of Exo_2:11-12, does not belong to it.
Would deliver them.—Literally, was giving them salvation, or deliverance; the act being itself one of championship and the first step to deliverance.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he supposed that his brethren understood for for…
And he supposed that his brethren understood for for he supposed that his brethren would have understood, A.V.; was giving them deliverance for would deliver them, A.V.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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