Acts 7:19 TSK: By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to abandon their infants to the elements, so that they wouldn't live.

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He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

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Exodus 1:9-22
"Look, " he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. . . .

Psalm 83:4, 5
saying, "Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more." . . .

Psalm 105:25
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

Psalm 129:1-3
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth--let Israel now declare-- . . .

Revelation 12:4, 5
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as He was born. . . .

Chapter Outline

1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.

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Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
"It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.

King James Bible
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn't survive.

International Standard Version
By shrewdly scheming against our people, he oppressed our ancestors and forced them to abandon their infants to the elements, so that they wouldn't live.

NET Bible
This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He was deceptive toward our race and did evil to our fathers and commanded to cast out their male infants that they would not live.

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