Acts 7:23

Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

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In The King James Version

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

In Context

22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; he was mighty in words and deeds.

24Well seeing one of them being wronged, he defended and avenged the one being oppressed, striking down the Egyptian.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:16Now thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you in the heart of Titus;

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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