Acts 7:23
New International Version
“When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

New Living Translation
“One day when Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the people of Israel.

English Standard Version
“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Berean Literal Bible
Now when his period of forty years was fulfilled, it came into his mind to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

King James Bible
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

New King James Version
“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel.

NASB 1995
“But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

NASB 1977
“But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

Amplified Bible
But when he reached the age of forty, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
“When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.

American Standard Version
But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When he was forty years old, it came upon his heart to visit his brethren and the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
When Moses was 40 years old, he wanted to help the Israelites because they were his own people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

English Revised Version
But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

Good News Translation
"When Moses was forty years old, he decided to find out how his fellow Israelites were being treated.

International Standard Version
"When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

Literal Standard Version
And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came on his heart to look after his brothers, the sons of Israel;

Majority Standard Bible
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

New American Bible
“When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his kinsfolk, the Israelites.

NET Bible
But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

New Revised Standard Version
“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites.

New Heart English Bible
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

Weymouth New Testament
"And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.

World English Bible
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
'And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

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Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. 23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.…

Cross References
Exodus 2:11
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

Exodus 7:7
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Acts 7:24
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

Hebrews 11:24
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.


Treasury of Scripture

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers the children of Israel.

when.

Exodus 2:11,12
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren…

Hebrews 11:24-26
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; …

it came.

Exodus 35:21,29
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments…

1 Chronicles 29:17-19
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee…

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

to.

Acts 15:36
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

Exodus 4:18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

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Acts 7
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.














(23) It came into his heart.--The distinct purpose in going out to look after his brethren is stated somewhat more emphatically than in Exodus 2:11.

Verse 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, ver. 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 wilderness" (Tauchum, in Exodus it.). "Moses was forty years in Pharaoh's court, and forty years in Midian, and forty years he served Israel" (Beresh. Rabb.), both quoted by Lightfoot ('Comment. and Exercitations upon the Acts'). The sum total of the three periods of forty years is given as the length of Moses' life, viz. a hundred and twenty years (Deuteronomy 34:7). Ver. 24. - Smiting for and smote, A.V.

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Greek
When
Ὡς (Hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

[Moses]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[was]
χρόνος (chronos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5550: A space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay.

forty years
τεσσερακονταέτης (tesserakontaetēs)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5063: Forty years of age. From tessarakonta and etos; of forty years of age.

[old],
ἐπληροῦτο (eplērouto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.

he decided
ἀνέβη (anebē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.

to visit
ἐπισκέψασθαι (episkepsasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 1980: To look upon, visit, look out, select.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

brothers,
ἀδελφοὺς (adelphous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sons
υἱοὺς (huious)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of Israel.
Ἰσραήλ (Israēl)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants.


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