But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers,† the children of Israel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 7:23 in context
Acts 7:20–26
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At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
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When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
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Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
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But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers,† the children of Israel.
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Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
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He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
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“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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