John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 7:26
26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? Ver. 26. Sirs, ye are brethren ] In this Egypt of the world, all unkind strifes should easily be composed, did we but remember that we are brethren. read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 7:25
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. Ver. 25. But they understood not ] For by this time they through long and hard oppression (which makes even a wise man mad, Ecc 7:7 ) had well nigh forgotten the promise of deliverance out of Egypt; and having been born in hell (as the proverb is) they knew no other heaven. read more