Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:24
Suffer wrong - The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, Exodus 2:11-12.Smote the Egyptian - He slew him, and buried him in the sand, read more
Acts 7:24 Kjv
Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 7:23-25
Acts 7:23-25. When he was forty years old So long he continued in Pharaoh’s court; it came into his heart Probably by an impulse from God; to visit his brethren He having been instructed, it appears, in the knowledge of his real descent, and in the principles of the Jewish religion; and it is likely his spirit was so impressed with a concern for their welfare, that all the pleasure and grandeur at the court of Egypt could not make him easy, without going in person to take a view of... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60
Stephen before the Sanhedrin (7:1-60)The defence that Stephen made before the Sanhedrin was not designed to win its approval. He outlined Israel’s history to demonstrate two main points. First, God had never shown himself to be limited to one dwelling place, or even one locality (therefore the Jews were mistaken in attaching such importance to the temple in Jerusalem). Second, the people of Israel had always rejected the messengers of God (therefore their rejection of the Messiah Jesus was not... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 7:24
seeing. Greek. eidon. App-133 . suffer wrong = being wronged. Greek. adikeo. Compare App-128 . defended. Greek. amunomai. Only here. avenged = took vengeance (Greek. ekdikesis. Here, Luke 18:7 , Luke 18:8 ; Luke 21:22 .Romans 12:19 . 2 Corinthians 7:11 . 2 Thessalonians 1:8 . Hebrews 10:30 . 1 Peter 2:14 ) for. him that was oppressed = the oppressed one. Greek. kataponeomai. Only here and 2 Peter 2:7 . and smote = having smitten. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 7:24
Acts 7:24. And seeing one of them suffer, &c.— See Exo 2:11 where the word is מכה meche, which sometimes signifies to smite so as to kill; and the Israelite is here represented as καταπονουμενω, subdued in a struggle, and in immediate danger of his life: so that Moses had no occasion for a divine impulse in order to his doing this action; for, (not to mention, that God most probably would have supported him afterwards, and he needed not to have fled for it,) as the Egyptian had got the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:24
24. avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian—going farther in the heat of his indignation than he probably intended. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:2-53
2. Stephen’s address 7:2-53As a Hellenistic Jew, Stephen possessed a clearer vision of the universal implications of the gospel than did most of the Hebraic Jews. It was this breadth of vision that drew attack from the more temple-bound Jews in Jerusalem and led to his arrest. His address was not a personal defense designed to secure his acquittal by the Sanhedrin. It was instead an apologetic for the new way of worship that Jesus taught and His followers embraced."On the surface it appears to... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:17-36
The career of Moses 7:17-36Stephen’s understanding of Moses was as orthodox as his view of God, but his presentation of Moses’ career made comparison with Jesus’ career unmistakable. As in the previous pericope, there is a double emphasis in this one, first, on God’s faithfulness to His promises in the Abrahamic Covenant and, second, on Moses as a precursor of Jesus."More specifically than in the life of Joseph, Stephen sees in the story of Moses a type of the new and greater Moses-Christ... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:17-43
Stephen’s view of Moses and the Law 7:17-43Stephen continued his review of Israel’s history by proceeding into the period of the Exodus. He sought to refute the charge that he was blaspheming against Moses (Acts 6:11) and was speaking against the Mosaic Law (Acts 6:13). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23-29
Marks of the born reformer. Conversion does not by any means purport to create new powers of mind or to substitute new qualities of heart, but to direct aright the powers which are already the gifts of nature or creation—to direct them to right and worthy objects, and to fill them with right and worthy energy. So also inspiration does not purport to override natural sources of knowledge and natural gifts, so as to obliterate the prevailing marks of individual character and even individual... read more