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Heοὗτοςdealt craftily withκατασοφισάμενοςourτὸ ἡμῶνpeopleγένοςand mistreatedἐκάκωσενour fathers,τοὺς πατέραςmaking themτοῦ ποιεῖνabandonἔκθεταtheirαὐτῶνinfantsτὰ βρέφηso thatεἰς τὸthey would notμὴsurvive.ζῳογονεῖσθαι
Acts 7:19
Study it in the app“He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:19, word by word
- dealt craftily withκατασοφισάμενοςkatasophisamenos
deal craftily with
Deal craftily with someone, outwit them.
Where else “katasophisamenos” appears- peopleγένοςgenos
people
The nation or land someone is from.
Where else “genos” appears- and mistreatedἐκάκωσενekakōsen
mistreat
To treat someone cruelly and cause them suffering.
Where else “ekakōsen” appears- our fathersπατέραςpateras
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateras” appears- making themποιεῖνpoiein
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiein” appears- abandonἔκθεταektheta
abandoned
Abandoned, exposed to die.
Where else “ektheta” appears- infantsβρέφηbrephē
baby, infant
Baby, infant: a newborn child, or a child not yet born.
Where else “brephē” appears- surviveζῳογονεῖσθαιzōiogoneisthai
preserve alive
Keep alive, preserve life; give life.
Where else “zōiogoneisthai” appears
The context
18until another king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.
19 · This verse (above)
20At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. He was brought up three months in his father’s house.
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?