Acts 7:23
“And when he was full forty yeres old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.”
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Acts 7:23 Context
21And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne. 22And Moses was learned in all the wisedome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in words and in deeds. 23And when he was full forty yeres old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and auenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 25For he supposed his brethren would haue vnderstood, how that God by his hand would deliuer them, but they vnderstood not.
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Other Translations for Acts 7:23
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
- King James Version
"But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
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;
- Darby Bible
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.
- Weymouth Bible
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- World English Bible
But whanne the tyme of fourti yeer was fillid to hym, it roos vp `in to his herte, that he schulde visite hise britheren, the sones of Israel.
- Wycliffe Bible
`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 7:23
7:23 It came into his heart - Probably by an impulse from God.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 7:23
Ac 7:23-29 And when he was full forty years old, etc. For the accounts here given, see Ex 2:11-15. Compare Heb 11:24. Observe the point of Stephen, that Israel rejected Moses as "a ruler and judge over them" (Ac 7:35), as they had rejected Joseph and Jesus. Yet God chose both Joseph and Moses to be their saviors and rulers.