Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Israel swelled from seventy souls to six hundred thousand warriors not in haste but in God's time, and mark this: their fastest growth came when Egypt made their lives bitter. Suffering times have often been growing times with the church. Never lose heart at slowness; when the year of redemption draws near, God can do a double work in a single day.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 7:17-29
Stephen's question carries a sharp rebuke: does this man intend to kill me as he killed the Egyptian? The word "intend" matters, it probes the murderer's secret will, not merely his outward deed. Stephen adds "yesterday" rightly, with precision, to fix the crime in time; and by "as" he means the fact of killing itself, not the method, whether by fist or Name. These words were spoken to expose and endanger Moses, striking at his hidden guilt.
AI summary
Verse 28. Wilt thou kill me, etc. 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, .