Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
This Moses (Touton ton Mwushn). Rhetorical repetition follows this description of Moses (five times, anaphora, besides the use here, six cases of outov here about Moses: verse Acts 7:35 twice, Acts 7:36-38, Acts 7:40). Clearly Stephen means to draw a parallel between Moses and Jesus. They in Egypt
denied (hrnhsanto) Moses as now you the Jews denied (hrnhsasqe, Acts 3:13) Jesus. Those in Egypt scouted Moses as "ruler and judge" (verses Acts 7:27, Acts 7:35, arxonta kai dikasthn) and God "hath sent" (apestalken, perfect active indicative, state of completion) Moses "both a ruler and a deliverer" (arxonta kai lutrwthn) as Jesus was to be (Luke 1:68; Luke 2:38; Hebrews 9:12; Titus 2:14). "Ransomer" or "Redeemer" (lutrwthv) is not found elsewhere, lutron (ransom), lutrow, to ransom, and lutrwsiv, ransoming or redemption, are found often. In Acts 5:31 Christ is termed "Prince and Saviour."
With the hand (sun xeiri). So the correct text. The Pharisees had accused Stephen of blaspheming "against Moses and God" (Acts 6:11). Stephen here answers that slander by showing how Moses led the people out of Egypt in co-operation (sun) with the hand of the Angel of Jehovah.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 7:35:
Luke 6:44
Acts 7:35
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