Acts 7:28

“Wilt thou kill me as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?] That is, is it thy will? dost thou design to kill me? or, as in (<020214>Exodus 2:14) “intendest” thou to kill me? In the Hebrew text it is, “wilt thou kill me, dost thou say?” that is, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it, dost thou say so “in thine heart?” which is a much better observation than that of Jarchi’s; “from hence we learn, says he, that he slew him by the ineffable name:” though this is the sense of some of their ancient doctors f338; ““to kill me dost thou say?” it is not said, “dost thou seek?” but “dost thou say?” from whence you may learn, that the ineffable name was made mention of over the Egyptian, and he slew him.”…”

“Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?--Moses had thought the deed unseen (Exo 2:12), but it now appeared he was mistaken.”

“Wilt thou kill me ... - How it was known that he had killed the Egyptian does not appear. It was probably communicated by the man who was rescued from the hands of the Egyptian, Exodus 2:11-12. return to 'Top of Page'”