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Andδὲhe supposedἐνόμιζενhis brothersτοὺς ἀδελφοὺςwould understandσυνιέναιthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςwas givingδίδωσινthemαὐτοῖςsalvationσωτηρίανbyδιὰhisαὐτοῦhand,χειρὸςbutδὲtheyοἱdid notοὐunderstand.συνῆκαν
Acts 7:25
Study it in the app“And he supposed his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:25, word by word
- he supposedἐνόμιζενenomizen
think, suppose
Think, suppose, consider something to be so.
Where else “enomizen” appears- his brothersἀδελφοὺςadelphous
fellow countryman
A neighbor, someone of the same people.
Where else “adelphous” appears- would understandσυνιέναιsynienai
understand
Understand, grasp.
Where else “synienai” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- was givingδίδωσινdidōsin
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didōsin” appears- salvationσωτηρίανsōtērian
salvation
Salvation.
Where else “sōtērian” appears- handχειρὸςcheiros
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiros” appears
The context
24And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended him and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
25 · This verse (above)
26And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting and was trying to bring them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’
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?