King James Version
Acts 7:25 in the King James Version says “For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not....” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. For: or, Now”
Acts 7:25 · KJV
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. For: or, Now
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he supposed”
G3543properly, to do by law (usage), i.e., to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
“they understood”
G4920to put together, i.e., (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“that God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“hand”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“would deliver”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“they understood”
G4920to put together, i.e., (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
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