He said, Who made thee a prince? — He challengeth his authority; Who made thee a prince? — A man needs no great authority for giving a friendly reproof; it is an act of kindness; yet this man needs will interpret it an act of dominion, and represents his reprover as imperious and assuming. Thus, when people are sick of good discourse, or a seasonable admonition, they will call it preaching, as if a man could not speak a word for God, and against sin, but he took too much upon him. Yet Moses was indeed a prince, and a judge, and knew it, and thought the Hebrews would have understood it; but they stood in their own light, and thrust him away. Acts 7:25, Acts 7:27. Intendest thou to kill me? — See what base constructions malice puts upon the best words and actions. Moses, for reproving him, is presently charged with a design to kill him.
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Exodus 2:14
14 And he said, Who made thee a princeb and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.