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

Acts 7:27 · KJV

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

— Acts 7:27

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?

Verse 28

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

Acts 7 — Context

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?

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

Cross References

Luke 12:14

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

Proverbs 9:7-8

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked {man getteth} himself a blot.

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.

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.

Acts 4:11-12

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

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.

John 19:12-15

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

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?