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.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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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.
- ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- ἡμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἡμᾶς — Robinson-Pierpont
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?