TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Acts›Acts 7›Acts 7:29
Acts 7:29 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 29
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.Acts 7:29 · King James Version
Acts 7:29 in context
27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30And 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.
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangerparoikosdwelling near, neighbouring, in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place…G3941 →
- sayinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- MadianmadiamMadian or Midian = "contention strife", a land near the Red Sea, and took its name from…G3099 →
- MosesmōysēsMoses = "drawing out", the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the…G3475 →
- begatgennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
- fledpheugōto flee away, seek safety by flight, metaph. to flee something abhorrent, esp. vices, to…G5343 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
Stephen here goes on to relate, I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was when the time of the promise drew nigh - the time when they were to be formed into a people.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29