Acts 7:23

"And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

24Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:16But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you;

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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