Acts 7:24

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him].

Cross References

Exodus 2:11

One day, after Moses was grown, it happened that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of [Moses'] brethren.

Exodus 2:12

He looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Acts 7:23

And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them].

Acts 7:25

He expected his brethren to understand that God was granting them deliverance by his hand [taking it for granted that they would accept him]; but they did not understand.

Acts 7:28

Do you intend to slay me as you slew the Egyptian yesterday?