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Acts 7:27

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

KJV

ὁ δὲ ἀδικῶν τὸν πλησίον ἀπώσατο αὐτὸν εἰπών, τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ’ ἡμῶν;

Greek NT

Qui autem injuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens : Quis te constituit principem et judicem super nos ?

Vulgate

But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

ASV

But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δικαστής
dikastes
noun · 2×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίστημι
kathistemi
verb · 21×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πλησίον
plesion
adverb · 17×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀδικέω
adikeo
verb · 27×
ἀπωθέομαι
apotheomai
verb · 6×
ἄρχων
archon
noun · 37×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Exod 2:14 · paraphrase
    "And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known."
    Exodus: who made you ruler over us — Stephen on Moses' rejection

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν | RP: ἡμᾶς
  • ἡμῶνSBLGNT
  • ἡμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἡμᾶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:35 — This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Gen 26:27 — And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
  • Jude 1:8 — Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
  • Luke 12:14 — And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
  • Luke 20:2 — And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?