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Acts 7:21

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When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

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ASV

and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

KJV

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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Commentary

10 notes on this verse
Was cast out - When he was exposed on the banks of the Nile, Exo 2:3. And nourished him - Adopted him, and treated him as her own son, Exo 2:10. It is implied in this that he was educated by her. An adopted son in the family of Pharaoh would be favored with all the advantages which the land could furnish for an education.

This site's exposition

At that time Moses was born

on Acts 7:20-22

Stephen adds that Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, beyond what Exodus states. Josephus and Philo record the tradition at greater length.

This site's exposition

Pharaoh’s daughter took him

John Wesley observes that the exposure meant to kill Moses brought him the education of a royal household. Chrysostom draws out Stephen's argument: God's care for Moses unfolds in a foreign palace, with no word of temple or sacrifice. Matthew Henry notes that Stephen's hearers prided themselves on the temple.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 16 · Written before 407.

proposed

"And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son." Not a word of Temple, not a word of Sacrifice, while all these Providences are taking place. And he was nourished in a barbarian house.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

proposed

And so they cast him in, and God inspires the daughter of Pharaoh, who knew nothing of this, to go out to the river. She went out, knowing nothing, and found what she was not seeking — she received the infant from the ark. And …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And did he thus protect the child Moses? Much more will he secure the interests of his holy child Jesus (as he is called ch. iv. 27 ) from the enemies that are gathered together against him.

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

Pharaoh's daughter took him up - By which means, being designed for a kingdom, he had all those advantages of education, which he could not have had, if he had not been exposed.
And when he was cast out,....
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He applies this to those that prosecuted him, and sat in judgment upon him, sharply reproving them for their wickedness, by which they had brought upon themselves the ruin of their place and nation, and then could not bear to hear of it,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

In which time--of deepest depression. Moses was born--the destined deliverer. exceeding fair--literally, "fair to God" (Margin), or, perhaps, divinely "fair" (see on Heb 11:23).

The words behind it

14 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 2:5Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.15 worksExodus 2:6When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”6 worksHebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.3 works1 Kings 11:19There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.3 worksExodus 2:2–10and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.2 worksDeuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,2 works

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:24

    By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 2:10–11

      When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

    • Acts 7:21–24

      When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 32:26

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:64

      Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…

    • Isaiah 63:16

      Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

    • Deuteronomy 28:25

      The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…

    • Psalms 34:16

      But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

    • Deuteronomy 4:27

      Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 16; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Lightfoot, Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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