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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:27

But he that did his neighbour wrong ,.... Who seems to be the same person whom Moses had defended the day before; and, according to the Jews, must be Dathan F1 Targum Jon. in Exod. ii. 14. Debarim Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 237. 1. : the same thrust him away ; from them, when he went to part them, and persuade them to be good friends: saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us ? which was very ungrateful, if he was the man he had delivered the day before; and very impertinent,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:28

Wilt thou kill me as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? That is, is it thy will? dost thou design to kill me? or, as in Exodus 2:14 "intendest" thou to kill me? In the Hebrew text it is, "wilt thou kill me, dost thou say?" that is, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it, dost thou say so "in thine heart?" which is a much better observation than that of Jarchi's; "from hence we learn, says he, that he slew him by the ineffable name:' though this is the sense of some of their ancient doctors... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:29

Then fled Moses at this saying ,.... For hereby the thing was known to Pharaoh, being presently carried to court, who sought to kill him for it, Exodus 2:15 The Jews have a very fabulous story, that Moses was taken up upon it, and put in prison, and delivered into the hands of an executioner to be put to death; but that God wrought a miracle for him; he made his neck as hard as a pillar of marble, and the sword turned upon the neck of the executioner, and he died; and God sent Michael, the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:30

And when forty years were expired ,.... "Forty other years" the Arabic version reads; for so long the Jews F7 Pirke Eliezer, c. 40. say Moses kept Jethro's flock, and so many years he lived in Midian; and so the Syriac version, "when then he had filled up forty years"; which agrees exactly with the account of the Jewish writers observed on Acts 7:23 who say, that he was forty years in Pharaoh's court, and forty years in Midian; so that he was now, as they F8 Sepher Cosri, fol.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:31

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight ,.... To see a bush on fire was no extraordinary thing; but to see a bush on fire, and yet not consumed by it, which was the case here, was wonderful indeed: and that an angel of the Lord, or the Lord himself, should appear in it, made it still more amazing; though, as yet, this was not observed by Moses, only the former; and which struck him with wonder, and excited his curiosity: and as he drew near to behold it ; to take a more exact view of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:32

Saying, I am the God of thy fathers ,.... Who made a covenant with them, promised the land of Canaan to them, and to their posterity, and to bring the children of Israel out of their servitude and bondage, and into the possession of the promised land: the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ; words which our Lord makes use of to prove the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, since God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; see Gill on Matthew 22:32 .... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:33

Then said the Lord to him ,.... To Moses, who through curiosity had made too near an approach: put off thy shoes from thy feet ; in token of humility, obedience, and reverence: for the place where thou standest is holy ground ; not really, but relatively, on account of the divine presence in it, and only so long as that continued. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:34

I have seen, I have see the affliction of my people , &c.; The repetition of the phrase denotes the certainty of it, the exquisite and exact knowledge the Lord took of the affliction of his people, and how much his heart was affected with it: which is in Egypt ; from whence Moses had fled and had left them, he being now in the land of Midian, which was the place of his sojourning: and I have heard their groaning ; under their various oppressions and burdens, and by reason of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they refused ,.... That is, the Israelites; the Ethiopic version reads, "his kinsmen denied"; those of his own nation, and even of his family: "saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge?" as Dathan, or whoever said the words in Acts 7:27 . the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer ; or "a redeemer"; so the Jews often call Moses, saying F26 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 11. fol. 202. 2. Midrash Ruth, fol. 33. 2. & Midrash Kohelet, fol. 63. 2. . "as was the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:36

He brought them out ,.... Of Egypt, and delivered them from all their oppressions in it: after that he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt ; by turning his rod into a serpent, and by his rod swallowing up the rods of the Egyptians, and by the ten plagues, which were inflicted on Pharaoh, and his people, for not letting the children of Israel go: and in the Red sea ; by dividing the waters of it, so that the people of Israel went through it as on dry ground, which Pharaoh... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:36

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