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Acts 7:25

He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

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ASV

and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

KJV

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐνόμιζενenomizenHe was supposingG3543 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
συνιέναιsunienaito understandG4920 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
ἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrothersG80 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
διὰdiathroughG1223 →
χειρὸςcheiros[the] handG5495 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
δίδωσινdidōsinis givingG1325 →
σωτηρίανsōtēriansalvationG4991 →
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846 →
οἱhoi<the>G3588 →
δὲdebutG1161 →
οὐounotG3756 →
συνῆκαν.sunēkanthey understood.G4920 →

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2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.Luke 18:34But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.Psalms 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.1 Samuel 14:45But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.Acts 15:7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.Exodus 4:1Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”Judges 15:12But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”

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