Acts 7:22

Moses was taught { The Egyptian teachers taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and when he grew up, he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”

Translation for Translators

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 they had to put him outside the house, but Pharaoh’s daughter found him and adopted him and cared for him as though he were her own son.

23“ One day when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would go and see his fellow Israelis. So he went to the place where they worked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 9:22King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.

Daniel 1:4King Nebuchadnezzar wanted only men who were very healthy, handsome/good-looking, wise, well-educated, capable of learning many things, and suitable for working in the palace. He also wanted to teach them the Babylonian language and have them read things that had been written in the Babylonian language.

Luke 24:19He said to them, “What events?” They replied, “ The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. Many people saw him perform great miracles, and God enabled him to teach wonderful messages!

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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