Acts 7:23

“When Moses reached forty years of age, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

Text-Critical English NT

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 trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in words and deeds.

24When he saw one of them being wronged, he came to the aid of the man who was being oppressed and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God, who has put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care for you that I have.

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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