Acts 7:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

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  • John 18:10-11 : 10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, ‹Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?›
  • John 18:25-27 : 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied [it], and said, I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high priest, being [his] kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
  • Acts 7:28 : 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

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  • Exod 2:11-15
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    82%

    11¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

    12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

    13And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

    14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

    15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

  • Acts 7:18-23
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    18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

    19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

    20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

    21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

    22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

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

  • Acts 7:25-29
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    25For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

    26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

    27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

    28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

    29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

  • 34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

  • 10¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

  • Exod 5:20-21
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    20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

    21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

  • 24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

  • 19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] enough for us, and watered the flock.

  • 7¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  • 10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • 36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • 9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  • 21And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

  • 6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • 27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

  • 31When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,

  • 4And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the God of my father, [said he, was] mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • 12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

  • 24¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

  • 7And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  • 21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

  • 3And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

  • 15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: