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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23

Well-nigh for full , A.V. When he was precisely forty years old (Meyer) The exact meaning seems to be "when he was in the act of completing forty years." The account in Exodus 2:11 only says, "When Moses was grown" ( μέγας γενόμενος , LXX .); the age of forty years, and the number of years, forty, that he sojourned in Midian, as given below, verse 30, are traditional. "There are that say that Moses was forty years in Pharaoh's palace, forty years in Midian, and forty years in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23-29

Marks of the born reformer. Conversion does not by any means purport to create new powers of mind or to substitute new qualities of heart, but to direct aright the powers which are already the gifts of nature or creation—to direct them to right and worthy objects, and to fill them with right and worthy energy. So also inspiration does not purport to override natural sources of knowledge and natural gifts, so as to obliterate the prevailing marks of individual character and even individual... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:23

Full forty years old - This is not recorded in the Old Testament; but it is a constant tradition of the Jews that Moses was 40 years of age when he undertook to deliver them. Thus, it is said, “Moses lived in the palace of Pharaoh forty years; he was forty years in Midian; and he ministered to Israel forty years” (Kuinoel).To visit ... - Probably with a view of delivering them from their oppressive bondage. Compare Acts 7:25. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 7:23-25

Acts 7:23-25. When he was forty years old So long he continued in Pharaoh’s court; it came into his heart Probably by an impulse from God; to visit his brethren He having been instructed, it appears, in the knowledge of his real descent, and in the principles of the Jewish religion; and it is likely his spirit was so impressed with a concern for their welfare, that all the pleasure and grandeur at the court of Egypt could not make him easy, without going in person to take a view of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

Stephen before the Sanhedrin (7:1-60)The defence that Stephen made before the Sanhedrin was not designed to win its approval. He outlined Israel’s history to demonstrate two main points. First, God had never shown himself to be limited to one dwelling place, or even one locality (therefore the Jews were mistaken in attaching such importance to the temple in Jerusalem). Second, the people of Israel had always rejected the messengers of God (therefore their rejection of the Messiah Jesus was not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 7:23

he was, &c. Literally a period (Greek. chronos) of forty years (Greek. tessarakontaetes. Only here and Acts 13:18 ) was fulfilled. Greek. pleroo. App-125 . into = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . visit. Greek. episkeptomai. App-133 . children = sons. Greek. huios as in Acts 7:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 7:23

But when he was well nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian: and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not. And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:23

23-27. In Acts 7:23; Acts 7:30; Acts 7:36, the life of Moses is represented as embracing three periods, of forty years each; the Jewish writers say the same; and though this is not expressly stated in the Old Testament, his age at death, one hundred twenty years (Deuteronomy 34:7), agrees with it. it came into his heart to visit his brethren—his heart yearning with love to them as God's chosen people, and heaving with the consciousness of a divine vocation to set them free. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:2-53

2. Stephen’s address 7:2-53As a Hellenistic Jew, Stephen possessed a clearer vision of the universal implications of the gospel than did most of the Hebraic Jews. It was this breadth of vision that drew attack from the more temple-bound Jews in Jerusalem and led to his arrest. His address was not a personal defense designed to secure his acquittal by the Sanhedrin. It was instead an apologetic for the new way of worship that Jesus taught and His followers embraced."On the surface it appears to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:17-36

The career of Moses 7:17-36Stephen’s understanding of Moses was as orthodox as his view of God, but his presentation of Moses’ career made comparison with Jesus’ career unmistakable. As in the previous pericope, there is a double emphasis in this one, first, on God’s faithfulness to His promises in the Abrahamic Covenant and, second, on Moses as a precursor of Jesus."More specifically than in the life of Joseph, Stephen sees in the story of Moses a type of the new and greater Moses-Christ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 7:23-29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 7:23-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 7:1-60

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 7:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 7:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 7:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:2-53

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 7:17-36

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