Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 7:23-25

"But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian: and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not." — Acts 7:23-25 (ASV)

Alas! It is just the same with Israel now. The Lord Jesus came to his own, and, according to one of his parables, the Father said of him, They will reverence my Son; but they did nothing of the kind; they said, This is the Heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And, alas! How many, nowadays, are imitating their evil example! They say, We will not have this man to reign over us; they refuse to yield themselves to the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ.