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Selected Verse: Acts 7:24 - American Standard
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:24 |
American Standard |
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian: |
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King James |
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian--going farther in the heat of his indignation than he probably intended. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Suffer wrong - The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, Exo 2:11-12.
Smote the Egyptian - He slew him, and buried him in the sand, |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Defended (ἠμύνατο)
Only here in New Testament. The word means originally to ward off from one's self, with a collateral notion of requital or revenge. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Seeing one wronged - Probably by one of the task masters. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Smote the Egyptian - See this explained, Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12 (note). |
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.