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Selected Verse: Acts 7:25 - American Standard
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:25 |
American Standard |
and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not. |
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King James |
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. |
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] |
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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Understood (συνιέναι)
See on understanding, Mar 12:33. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They understood it not - Such was their stupidity and sloth; which made him afterward unwilling to go to them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He supposed his brethren would have understood, etc. - 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. |
33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.