But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

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  • WEB World English Bible

    But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    But he that dyd his neghbour wronge thrust him awaye sayinge: who made the a rular and a iudge amonge vs?

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?

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Cross-references (14)

Passages linked to Acts 7:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Luke 12:14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
  • Proverbs 9:7-8 One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
  • Acts 7:35 “This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
  • Genesis 19:19 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
  • 1 Samuel 25:14-15 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them. But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
  • Matthew 21:23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
  • John 18:36-37 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.” Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
  • John 19:12-15 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!” When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.” Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!” They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
  • Acts 3:13-15 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
  • Acts 4:7 When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
  • Acts 4:11-12 He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’ There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
  • Acts 5:33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.
  • Acts 7:39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
  • Acts 7:54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust…

27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

Ver. 27. He that did the wrong] None so ready to except and exclaim, as the wrong doer; the patient replies not.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The injurious are most averse from peace, and one…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But he that did his neighbour wrong,.... Who seems…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Who appointed thee - "Under the presence of the…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But he that did ... - Intent on his…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Went—Dr. Thomson thinks that Philip intercepted the eunuch…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Who made thee a ruler and a judge?—The…
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17

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