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Acts 7:29

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At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

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ASV

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

KJV

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Then fled Moses ... - Moses fled because he now ascertained that what he had done was known. He supposed that it had been unobserved, Exo 2:12. But he now thought that the knowledge of it might reach Pharaoh, and that his life might thus be endangered. Nor did he judge incorrectly; for as soon as Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to take his life, Exo 2:15. Was a stranger - Or became a sojourner πάροικος paroikos, one who had a temporary abode in the land.

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two Israelites who were fighting

on Acts 7:26-29

An Israelite rebuffs Moses's attempt to reconcile, asking who made him ruler and judge, and the rejection drives Moses to Midian. Moses is refused as the patriarchs sold Joseph, and as this council has delivered up Jesus.

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Moses fled to the land of Midian

Moses fled once he learned that the killing was known, and Albert Barnes notes from Exodus 2:15 that Pharaoh then sought his life. The word for foreigner means a sojourner with a temporary home. Chrysostom observes that flight could not stop God's plan, any more than Christ's death could.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 16 · Written before 407.

proposed

"Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons." But neither did flight extinguish the plan of Providence, as neither did death (i.e. the death of Christ).

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This will be the issue of it, you put away the gospel from you, and it will be sent to the Gentiles; you will not have Christ, and you shall not have him, so shall your doom be." Matt. xxiii. 30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

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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,

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17 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.

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6 in all, six open

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Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.8 worksExodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”6 worksExodus 18:3along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”5 worksExodus 18:2–4After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,3 worksExodus 4:19–20Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”2 worksExodus 2:14–22But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”2 works

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The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 16; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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