Acts 7:22

and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

Young's Literal Translation

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

21and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

23'And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 9:22And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

Daniel 1:4lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

Luke 24:19And he said to them, 'What things?' And they said to him, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man — a prophet — powerful in deed and word, 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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