Acts 7 · Verse 28

Acts 7:28

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Acts 7:28, King James Version

Acts 7:28 in other translations

BSBDo you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
WEBDo you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
ASVWouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
YLTto kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?
DARBYDost thou wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
BBEWill you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
WebsterWilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?

What does Acts 7:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:28-29
28-29. Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?--Moses had thought the deed unseen (Ex 2:12), but it now appeared he was mistaken.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 28. Wilt thou kill me, etc. How it was known that he had killed the Egyptian does not appear. It was probably communicated by the man who was rescued from the hands of the Egyptian, Ex 2:11,12.

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 7:28 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.

μὴmēSurely notG3361
ἀνελεῖνaneleinto executeG337
μεmemeG3165
σὺsuyou yourselfG4771
θέλειςtheleisdesireG2309
ὃνhon[the] sameG3739
τρόπονtroponwayG5158
ἀνεῖλεςaneilesyou executedG337
ἐχθὲςechthesyesterdayG5504
τὸνtontheG3588
Αἰγύπτιον;AiguptionEgyptian?’G124

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

Context

  • 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?

  • Acts 7:29

    Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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Acts 7:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Quieres tú matarme, como mataste ayer al Egipcio?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Veux-tu me tuer, toi, comme tu tuas hier l’Égyptien?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Willst du mich etwa umbringen, wie du gestern den Ägypter umgebracht hast?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Ægyptium?