Acts 7:25

Omit αὐτοῦ after ἀδελφοὺς with אBC. Vulg. ‘fratres’ only.

σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖς with אABCD. Vulg. ‘salutem illis.’

25. ἐνόμιζεν δὲ συνιέναι … σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖς. Render, and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. There is no condition in the sentence. The traditions, in the atmosphere of which Stephen moved, represent the death of the Egyptian as no mere ordinary killing by superior strength, but as brought about by mysterious divine power, which Moses feeling within himself expected his kindred to recognize.