Acts 7 · Verse 24

Acts 7:24

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Acts 7:24, King James Version

Acts 7:24 in other translations

BSBAnd when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
WEBSeeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
ASVAnd seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
YLTand having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;
DARBYand seeing a certain one wronged, he defended him, and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.
BBEAnd seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:
WebsterAnd seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

What does Acts 7:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:23-27

23-27. In Ac 7:23, 30, 36, the life of Moses is represented as embracing three periods, of forty years each; the Jewish writers say the same; and though this is not expressly stated in the Old Testament, his age at death, one hundred twenty years (De 34:7), agrees with it. it came into his heart to visit his brethren--his heart yearning with love to them as God's chosen people, and heaving with the consciousness of…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 24. Suffer wrong. The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, Ex 2:11,12.

Smote the Egyptian. He slew him, and buried him in the sand.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Smote the Egyptian - See this explained, Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 7:17-29

Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their day is darkest, and their distress deepest. Moses was exceeding fair, "fair toward God;" it is the beauty of holiness which is in God's sight of great price. He was wonderfully preserved in his infancy; for God will take…

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Acts 7:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἰδώνidōnhaving seenG1492
τιναtinaa certain oneG5100
ἀδικούμενονadikoumenonbeing wrongedG91
ἠμύνατοēmunatohe defended [him]G292
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐποίησενepoiēsenhe didG4160
ἐκδίκησινekdikēsinvengeanceG1557
τῷtōfor the [one]G3588
καταπονουμένῳkataponoumenōbeing oppressedG2669
πατάξαςpataxashaving struck downG3960
τὸνtontheG3588
Αἰγύπτιον.AiguptionEgyptian.G124

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 7:24

  • John 18:10-11

    Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

  • Acts 7:28

    Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

  • John 18:25-27

    And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28; Joh 18:10,11,25-27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 7:23

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

  • Acts 7:24

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

  • Acts 7:25

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

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Acts 7:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y como vió á uno que era injuriado, defendióle, é hiriendo al Egipcio, vengó al injuriado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et voyant l’un d’eux à qui l’on faisait tort, il le défendit, et vengea l’opprimé, en frappant l’Égyptien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als er einen Unrecht leiden sah, verteidigte er ihn und rächte den Unterdrückten, indem er den Ägypter erschlug.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cum vidisset quemdam injuriam patientem, vindicavit illum, et fecit ultionem ei qui injuriam sustinebat, percusso Ægyptio.