Acts 7:26

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܰܠܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܐ݈ܚܪܺܢܳܐ ܐܶܬ݂ܚܙܺܝ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܢܳܨܶܝܢ ܗܶܢܽܘܢ ܚܰܕ݂ ܥܰܡ ܚܰܕ݂ ܘܰܡܦ݁ܺܝܣ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܢܶܫܬ݁ܰܝܢܽܘܢ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܐܳܡܰܪ ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܶܐ ܐܰܚܶܐ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܡܳܢܳܐ ܡܰܣܟ݁ܠܺܝܢ ܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܚܰܕ݂ ܒ݁ܚܰܕ݂ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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the next: Exodus 2:13-15

ye are: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 45:24, Psalms 133:1, Proverbs 18:19, John 15:17, John 15:18, 1 Corinthians 6:6-8, Philippians 2:1, Philippians 2:3, 1 John 3:11-15

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:9 - This Exodus 2:14 - Who 2 Samuel 2:26 - Shall 2 Chronicles 11:4 - against 2 Chronicles 28:8 - brethren Nehemiah 5:1 - their brethren Malachi 2:10 - why Matthew 5:9 - are Acts 14:15 - Sirs 2 Timothy 2:24 - strive

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the next day he showed himself to them, as they strove,.... To two men of the Hebrews, who were quarrelling and contending with one another: these are said by the Jews w to be Dathan and Abiram; who were disputing and litigating the point, and were very warm, and at high words. The occasion of their contention is x said to be this,

"the Hebrew man (that had been abused) went to his house to divorce his wife, who was defiled, but she fled and told the affair to Abiram her brother: and on the morrow, Moses returned a second time to the Hebrew camp, and found Dathan and Abiram contending about the divorce.''

Though some think this is prophetically said, because they afterwards contended and divided in the business of Korah y Moses came up to them, and let them know who he was; and this was the day after he had killed the Egyptian. So Stephen explains the "second day" in Exodus 2:13 and to this agrees what a Jewish writer z says, that in the morning, Moses returned a second time to the camp of the Hebrews:

and would have set them at one again; persuaded them to peace and concord, composed their difference, reconciled them, and made them good friends:

saying, sirs, ye are brethren; as Abraham said to Lot, when there was a strife between their herdsmen, Genesis 13:8 and if these two were Dathan and Abiram, they were brethren in the strictest sense, Numbers 16:1

why do ye wrong one to another? by abusing each other, calling ill names, or striking one another; or by lifting up the hand to strike, as Jonathan the Targumist says Dathan did against Abiram.

w Shalshalet, ib. x Targum Jon. Jarchi, & Baal Hattuim in Exod. ii. 13. Shemot Rabba, Shalshalet & Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. y Shemot Rabba, ib. & Yade Mose & Mattanot Cehunah in ib. z Shelsheleth, ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the next day - Exodus 2:13.

He showed himself - He appeared in a sudden and unexpected manner to them.

Unto them - That is, to “two” of the Hebrews, Exodus 2:13.

As they strove - As they were engaged in a quarrel.

Have set them at one - Greek: “would have urged them to peace.” This he did by remonstrating with the man that did the wrong.

Saying - What follows is not quoted literally from the account which Moses gives, but it is substantially the same.

Sirs - Greek: “Men.”

Ye are brethren - You belong not only to the same nation, but you are brethren and companions in affliction, and should not, therefore, contend with each other. One of the most melancholy scenes in the world is that, where those who are poor, and afflicted, and oppressed, add to all their other calamities altercations and strifes among themselves. Yet it is from this class that contentions and lawsuits usually arise. The address which Moses here makes to the contending Jews might be applied to the whole human family in view of the contentions and wars of nations: “Ye are “brethren,” members of the same great family, and why do you contend with each other?”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 7:26. Unto them as they strove — Two Hebrews, Exodus 2:13; Exodus 2:13, &c.