John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:25
For he supposed his brethren would have understood him ,.... From his being an Hebrew in such high life; from his wonderful birth, and miraculous preservation in his infancy, and education in Pharaoh's court; and from the promise of God that he would visit them and save them: how that God by his hand would deliver them : wherefore he was the more emboldened to kill the Egyptian, believing that his brethren would make no advantage of it against him; but look upon it as a beginning and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 7:24
And seeing one of them suffer wrong ,.... Beza's Cambridge copy, and one of Stephens's, and one in the Bodleian library add, "of his own kindred": and so Exodus 2:11 he is said to be "one of his brethren"; which Aben Ezra explains, ממשפחתו , "of his family", one of the tribe of Levi; and so another Jewish writer F13 Pirke Eliezer, c. 48. is very particular, and says, "Moses went out to the camp of the Israelites, and saw an Egyptian smite one of the sons of Kohath, who was of his... read more