“And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:”
'This is the same Moses who told the Israelites: 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.' - Stephen quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, one of the most important messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. Moses predicts a future prophet like himself (hos me, like me). Stephen is preparing his audience to understand Jesus as the fulfillment of this prophecy, the prophet like Moses. The irony deepens: Israel rejected Moses; will they also reject the prophet like Moses?
Church Fathers on Acts 7:24
And when he was full forty years old. Acts 7:23 Forty years he was there, and was not found out from his being circumcised. Observe, how, being in safety, they overlook their own interests, both he and Joseph, in order that they may save others: 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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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