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Acts 7:24
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.
Acts 7:24 · Berean Standard Bible
Acts 7:24 in other translations
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
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In context
21 When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 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.
25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
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