"And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are …" — Acts 7:26

Acts 7:26 · KJV

“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 7:26

Verse 25

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

Verse 27

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

Acts 7 — Context

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. {For: or, Now}

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?

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

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

Cross References

Exodus 2:13-15

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Genesis 13:8

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we {be} brethren. {brethren: Heb. men brethren}

Proverbs 18:19

A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.

Philippians 2:1

If {there be} therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

John 15:17-18

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Philippians 2:3

{Let} nothing {be done} through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

1 John 3:11-15

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. {message: or, commandment}

Genesis 45:24

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.