◄ Acts 7:24 ►
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Good News Translation
He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his help and took revenge on the Egyptian by killing him. (

New Revised Standard Version
When he saw one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.

Contemporary English Version
One day he saw an Egyptian mistreating one of them. So he rescued the man and killed the Egyptian.

New American Bible
When he saw one of them treated unjustly, he defended and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.

Acts 7:28 What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?

John 18:10,11,25-27 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. And the name of thee servant was Malchus. . . .

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
…23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury. 25And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.…
Cross References
Exodus 2:11
In those days, after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews, his brethren.

Exodus 2:12
And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Acts 7:23
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

Acts 7:25
And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.

Acts 7:23
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