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Acts 7:27
Acts 7:27 is verse 27 of Acts chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
King James Version
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
World English Bible
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
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Acts 7:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
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Cross-references
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Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
Genesis 19:19Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
1 Samuel 25:14Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
1 Samuel 25:15Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 7:39But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
Acts 4:7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Matthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
Luke 12:14But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
John 19:12From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
John 19:13When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.