Hechos 7:28

28 ¿Quieres tú matarme, como mataste ayer al egipcio

Hechos 7:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:28

Wilt thou kill me as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
] That is, is it thy will? dost thou design to kill me? or, as in ( Exodus 2:14 ) "intendest" thou to kill me? In the Hebrew text it is, "wilt thou kill me, dost thou say?" that is, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it, dost thou say so "in thine heart?" which is a much better observation than that of Jarchi's;

``from hence we learn, says he, that he slew him by the ineffable name:''

though this is the sense of some of their ancient doctors ^F3;

``"to kill me dost thou say?" it is not said, "dost thou seek?" but "dost thou say?" from whence you may learn, that the ineffable name was made mention of over the Egyptian, and he slew him.''

The word "yesterday" is added by Stephen, but with great truth and propriety, and is in the Septuagint version of ( Exodus 2:14 ) . The "as" here does not intend the manner of killing, whether by the fist or sword, or by pronouncing the word Jehovah, as Jarchi thinks, but killing itself, by whatsoever way; and the words were very spitefully said, on purpose to publish the thing, and to expose Moses to danger of life, as it did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Shemot Rabba, ib.

Hechos 7:28 In-Context

26 Y al día siguiente, riñendo ellos, se les mostró, y los ponía en paz, diciendo: Varones, hermanos sois, ¿por qué os injuriáis los unos a los otros

27 Entonces el que injuriaba a su prójimo, le rechazó, diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez sobre nosotros

28 ¿Quieres tú matarme, como mataste ayer al egipcio

29 A esta palabra Moisés huyó, y se hizo extranjero en tierra de Madián, donde engendró dos hijos

30 Y cumplidos cuarenta años, el ángel del Señor le apareció en el desierto del monte de Sinaí, en fuego de llama de una zarza