Acts 7:23
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- KJV
- And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
- WEB
- But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- ASV
- But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
- DARBY
- And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
- BLB
- Now when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
- ÅB
- Men da han var blitt førti år gammel, fikk han i sinne å se til sine brødre, Israels barn,
- OTB
- «Da han var førti år gammel, kom det i hans hjerte å besøke sine brødre, israelittene.
- B1930
- Men da han var blitt firti år gammel, fikk han i sinne å se til sine brødre, Israels barn,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:11–12
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:12–13
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Read in contextProverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Read in contextHebrews 11:24–26
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
Read in contextRevelation 17:17
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Read in contextEzra 7:27
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Read in contextExodus 35:29
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
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