Acts 7:24

Acts 7:24

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

a. NLT: He saw an Egyptian mistreating an Israelite. So Moses came to the man’s defense and avenged him, killing the Egyptian.

b. NIV: He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.

c. YLT: and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

d. Amplified Bible: 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].

e. Worrell Translation: And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian.

1. “And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him…”

a. And [2532 * kai] [Strong: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

b. seeing [1492 * eido] [Strong: a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot.]

c. one [5100 * tis] [Strong: an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).]

d. suffering wrong [91 * adikeo] [Strong:  from 94; to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically):--hurt, injure, be an offender, be unjust, (do, suffer, take) wrong.]

e. he defended [292 * amunomai] [Strong:  middle voice of a primary verb; to ward off (for oneself), i.e. protect:--defend.]

2. “…and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:”

a. and [2532 * kai] [Strong: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

b. avenged [1557 * ekdikesis] [Strong: from 1556; vindication, retribution:--(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.]

c. avenged [4160 * poieo] [Strong: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.]

d. him that was oppressed [2669 * kataponeo] [Strong: from 2596 and a derivative of 4192; to labor down, i.e. wear with toil (figuratively, harass):--oppress, vex.]

e. and smote [3960 * potasso] [Strong: probably prolongation from 3817; to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally):--smite, strike.]

f. the Egyptian [124 * Aiguptios] [Strong: from 125; an Ægyptian or inhabitant of Ægyptus:--Egyptian.]

1). This incident of defending his Jewish brother is only mentioned in Acts and Exodus.

a). Exodus 2:11, 12 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.