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Acts 7:24Acts.7.24

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

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il en vit un qu'on outrageait, et, prenant sa défense, il vengea celui qui était maltraité, et frappa l'Egyptien.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    lain the Egyptian by authority received as it were, by divine inspiration; this seems to follow from Acts 7:24, 25, where it is said that "striking the Egyptian . . . he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save Israel [Vulg.: 'them']." Or it may be rep…
  • Clement of Alexandria + Hermas + Tatian

    ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire)

    1 Index of Scripture Commentary Job 1:21 34:7 Matthew 5:42 8 13:31 13:46 19:24 Luke 3:22 13 15 16:17 Acts 7:24 Romans 8:38 10:3 1 Corinthians 11:10 2 Corinthians 5:16 5:16 6:11 6:11 Galatians 5:24 1 Timothy 2:2 2:6 3:16 5:8 5:10 5:21 6:13 Hebrews 1:1 1 Peter 1:3 1:10 1:12 1:19 1:…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)

    amavit voce magna: Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino (Act. VII, 1-59) . Hoc itaque secundo Dominicae Ascensionis anno, VII Kal. Januarii, factum est. Porro viri timorati corpus protomartyris in villam Gamalielis, quae Caphargamala di…

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