Acts 7:24
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And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.

Acts 7:28 What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?

John 18:10,11,25-27 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. And the name of thee servant was Malchus. . . .

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury. 25And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.…
Cross References
Exodus 2:11
In those days, after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews, his brethren.

Exodus 2:12
And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Acts 7:23
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

Acts 7:25
And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them. But they understood it not.

Lexicon
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when he saw
ἰδών (idōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

one [of them]
τινα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

being wronged,
ἀδικούμενον (adikoumenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.

[Moses] went to his defense
ἠμύνατο (ēmynato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 292: To ward off, defend myself against, resist, defend, assist. Middle voice of a primary verb; to ward off, i.e. Protect.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

avenged [him]
ἐκδίκησιν (ekdikēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1557: (a) a defense, avenging, vindication, vengeance, (b) full (complete) punishment. From ekdikeo; vindication, retribution.

by striking down
πατάξας (pataxas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3960: To smite, strike (as with a sword), smite to death, afflict. Probably prolongation from paio; to knock.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Egyptian
Αἰγύπτιον (Aigyption)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 124: Egyptian. From Aiguptos; an Eyyptian or inhabitant of Egyptus.

who was oppressing [him].
καταπονουμένῳ (kataponoumenō)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2669: From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil.


Additional Translations
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

And having seen a certain one being wronged, he defended him and did vengeance for the one being oppressed, having struck down the Egyptian.

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

And seeing one of them'suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian.

Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;
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