The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 7:34

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I have surely seen (literally, seeing I have seen—the well-known Hebrew idiom for emphatic affirmation) for I have seen, I have seen, A.V.; have heard for I have heard, A.V.; and I am for and am, A.V.

, the change is in accordance with the A.V. of Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:8.

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