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Acts 7:25

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

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

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

26 And 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?

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
KJV
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
WEB
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
ASV
and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
DARBY
For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.
BLB
And he was supposing his brothers to understand that God is giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
ÅB
Han tenkte da at hans brødre skulle forstå at Gud gav dem frelse ved hans hånd; men de forsto det ikke.
OTB
Han antok at hans brødre ville forstå at Gud ga dem frelse gjennom ham, men de gjorde det ikke.
B1930
Han tenkte da at hans brødre skulde forstå at Gud gav dem frelse ved hans hånd; men de forstod det ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 9:45

    But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:1

    We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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  • Luke 18:34

    And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

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  • Acts 14:27

    And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

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  • 2 Kings 5:1

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

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  • Psalms 106:7

    Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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