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Youσὺdo notμὴwantθέλειςto killἀνελεῖνmeμεthe wayὃν τρόπονyou killedἀνεῖλεςthe Egyptianτὸν Αἰγύπτιονyesterday,ἐχθὲςdo you?’
Acts 7:28
Study it in the app“You do not want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:28, word by word
- wantθέλειςtheleis
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “theleis” appears- to killἀνελεῖνanelein
kill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “anelein” appears- the wayτρόπονtropon
way, manner
Way, manner; manner of life, character.
Where else “tropon” appears- the EgyptianΑἰγύπτιονAigyption
Egyptian
Egyptian: a person from Egypt.
Where else “Aigyption” appears- yesterdayἐχθὲςechthes
yesterday
Yesterday.
Where else “echthes” appears
The context
27But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?
28 · This verse (above)
29And at this word Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
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?