Acts 7:25
He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.
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- 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 But the army said to Saul,“Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.
- 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”
- 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Elisha Heals a Syrian General Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.
- Ps 106:7 : 7 Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.
- Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
- Luke 18:34 : 34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
- Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:4 : 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.
- Acts 15:7 : 7 After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.
- Acts 21:19 : 19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
- 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
- 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
- Col 1:29 : 29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
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- Acts 7:23-242 verses78%
23 But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.
24 When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.
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26 The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying,‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’
- Gen 42:7-82 verses75%
7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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23 (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)
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27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
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5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
- Gen 37:10-112 verses70%
10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”
11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
- Exod 2:11-144 verses69%
11 The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.
12 He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.
13 When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong,“Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”
14 The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”
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15 Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
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50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
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8 Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.
- Gen 37:4-52 verses68%
4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
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18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
- Acts 7:9-102 verses68%
9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
- Acts 7:18-192 verses68%
18 until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.
19 This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
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21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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6 But God spoke as follows:‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.
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27 (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)
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42 They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,
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7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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13 On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
- Gen 37:20-212 verses67%
20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”
21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”
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4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said,“What if some accident happens to him?”
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6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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28 He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”
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6 Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
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24 Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them,“As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”
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23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.