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Selected Verse: Acts 7:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:12 |
Strong Concordance |
But [1161] when Jacob [2384] heard [191] that there was [5607] corn [4621] in [1722] Egypt [125], he sent out [1821] our [2257] fathers [3962] first [4412]. |
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King James |
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Was corn in Egypt - The word "corn" here rather denotes "wheat." See the notes on Mat 12:1.
Our fathers - His ten sons; all his sons except Joseph and Benjamin, Gen. 42: Stephen here "refers" only to the history, without entering into details. By this general reference he sufficiently showed that he believed what Moses had spoken, and did not intend to show him disrespect. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In Egypt (ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ)
But the best texts read εἰς Αἴγυπτον, into Egypt, and construe with sent forth: "he sent forth our fathers into Egypt." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Sent our fathers first - Without Benjamin. |
1 At [1722] that [1565] time [2540] Jesus [2424] went [4198] on the sabbath day [4521] through [1223] the corn [4702]; and [1161] his [846] disciples [3101] were an hungred [3983], and [2532] began [756] to pluck [5089] the ears of corn [4719], and [2532] to eat [2068].