Acts 7:22

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. And he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.

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In The King James Version

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

In Context

21Then, having been abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him in, and she raised him as her own son.

23But when forty years of age were completed in him, it rose up in his heart that he should visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 9:22And so, Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in wealth and glory.

Daniel 1:4young men, in whom there was no blemish, noble in appearance, and accomplished in all wisdom, cautious in knowledge, and well-educated, and who could stand in the palace of the king, so that he might teach them the letters and the language of the Chaldeans.

Luke 24:19And he said to them, “What things?” And they said, “About Jesus of Nazareth, who was a noble prophet, powerful in works and in words, before God and all the people.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:18-30

Stephen's Address. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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