Acts 7:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

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  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.
  • Luke 18:34 : 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
  • Acts 15:7 : 7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
  • Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
  • Rom 15:18 : 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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  • Acts 7:23-24
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    23But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.

    24And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

  • Acts 7:26
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    26And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

  • Gen 42:7-8
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    7And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

    8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

  • Gen 42:23
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    23They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

  • John 7:5
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    5For even his brothers had no belief in him.

  • Gen 37:10-11
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    10And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

    11And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

  • Exod 2:11-14
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    11Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

    12And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.

    13And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?

    14And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

  • Gen 44:15
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    15And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Luke 2:50
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    50And his words seemed strange to them.

  • Gen 37:8
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    8And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

  • Gen 37:4-5
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    4And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

    5Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

  • Acts 7:9-10
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    9And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • Acts 7:18-19
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    18Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    19He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

  • Gen 42:21
    68%

    21And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

  • Acts 7:6
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    6And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

  • John 8:27
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    27They did not see that his words were about the Father.

  • Ps 78:42
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    42They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • Acts 7:13
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    13And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

  • Gen 37:20-21
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    20Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

    21But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

  • Gen 42:4
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    4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

  • John 10:6
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    6In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

  • Gen 42:28
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    28And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

  • Gen 43:6
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    6And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

  • Gen 45:24
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    24And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

  • Gen 37:23
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    23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;