Acts 7 · Verse 27

Acts 7:27

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts 7:27, King James Version

Acts 7:27 in other translations

BSBBut the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
WEBBut he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
ASVBut he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
YLTand he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?
DARBYBut he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?
BBEBut the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
WebsterBut he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

What does Acts 7:27 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 27. But he that did, etc. Intent on his purpose, filled with rage and passion, he rejected all interference, and all attempts at peace. It is usually the man that does the injury that is unwilling to be reconciled; and when we find a man that regards the entreaties of his friends as improper interference, when he becomes increasingly angry when we exhort him to peace, it is usually a strong evidence that he is conscious that he has been at fault. If we wish to reconcile parties, we should go first to the man that has been injured. In the controversy between God and man, it is the sinner who has done the wrong that is unwilling to be reconciled, and not God.

His neighbour. The Jew with whom he was contending.

Who made thee, etc. What right have you to interfere in this matter? The usual salutation with which a man is greeted who attempts to prevent quarrels.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · 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 7:27 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.

ὁhoThe [one]G3588
δὲdehoweverG1161
ἀδικῶνadikōnmistreatingG91
τὸνtontheG3588
πλησίονplēsionneighbourG4139
ἀπώσατοapōsatopushed awayG683
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
εἰπών·eipōnhaving said;G2036
τίςtisWhoG5101
σεseyouG4771
κατέστησενkatestēsenappointedG2525
ἄρχονταarchontarulerG758
καὶkaiandG2532
δικαστὴνdikastēnjudgeG1348
ἐφ᾽eph᾽overG1909
ἡμῶν;hēmōnus?G3165

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

Cross references for Acts 7:27

  • Luke 12:14

    And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

  • Acts 7:35

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

  • Proverbs 9:7-8

    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • Acts 4:11-12

    This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  • 1 Samuel 25:14-15

    But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

  • Genesis 19:19

    Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

  • John 18:36-37

    Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

  • Acts 5:33

    When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

  • Acts 3:13-15

    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  • Acts 4:7

    And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

  • Matthew 21:23

    And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

  • Acts 7:39

    To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he that.
54; 5:33; Ge 19:19; 1Sa 25:14,15; Pr 9:7,8
Who.
35,39; 3:13-15; 4:7,11,12; Mt 21:23; Lu 12:14; Joh 18:36,37
Joh 19:12-15

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Context

  • Acts 7:26

    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?

  • Acts 7:27

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

  • Acts 7:28

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

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Acts 7:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces el que injuriaba á su prójimo, le rempujó, diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez sobre nosotros?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais celui qui faisait tort à son prochain, le repoussa, disant: Qui t’a établi chef et juge sur nous?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der aber dem Nächsten unrecht tat, stieß ihn weg und sprach: Wer hat dich zum Obersten und Richter über uns gesetzt?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui autem injuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem et judicem super nos?