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Acts 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Moses was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in both speech and action.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all <i>the</i> wisdom of <i>the</i> Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom <i>and</i> culture of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in words and deeds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses learned all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man, both in words and in deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all <i>the</i> wisdom of <i>the</i> Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in words and in works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. And he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Moses was educated [in] all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the E-gyp’tians and he was well versed in his words and also in his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was prepared in his words and in his deeds also.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was mighty in words and actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />at length Moses was instructed in all the sciences of the Egyptians, and had great influence by his counsels and actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And Moses was trained up in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in words, and in deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/7-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=1965" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">So</a> <a href="/greek/3475.htm" title="3475: Mōusēs (N-NMS) -- Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/greek/3811.htm" title="3811: epaideuthē (V-AIP-3S) -- From pais; to train up a child, i.e. Educate, or, discipline.">was educated</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasē (Adj-DFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/4678.htm" title="4678: sophia (N-DFS) -- Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.">the wisdom</a> <a href="/greek/124.htm" title="124: Aigyptiōn (Adj-GMP) -- Egyptian. From Aiguptos; an Eyyptian or inhabitant of Egyptus.">of the Egyptians</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">and</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">was</a> <a href="/greek/1415.htm" title="1415: dynatos (Adj-NMS) -- (a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible.">powerful</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logois (N-DMP) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">speech</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergois (N-DNP) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">action.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-10.htm">Exodus 2:10</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">Exodus 2:11-12</a></span><br />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. / After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">1 Kings 4:29-30</a></span><br />And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore. / Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-24.htm">Hebrews 11:24-26</a></span><br />By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10-12</a></span><br />“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.” / And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? / Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Daniel 1:4</a></span><br />young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">1 Corinthians 1:19-20</a></span><br />For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” / Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11</a></span><br />The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-46.htm">Luke 2:46-47</a></span><br />Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. / And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">1 Corinthians 2:1-5</a></span><br />When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. / For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. / I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10</a></span><br />Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-15.htm">2 Timothy 3:15</a></span><br />From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-54.htm">Matthew 13:54</a></span><br />Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Colossians 2:3</a></span><br />in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-1.htm">Exodus 7:1-2</a></span><br />The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. / You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.</p><p class="hdg">was learned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">1 Kings 4:29</a></b></br> And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that <i>is</i> on the sea shore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/9-22.htm">2 Chronicles 9:22</a></b></br> And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11</a></b></br> Surely the princes of Zoan <i>are</i> fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I <i>am</i> the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?</p><p class="hdg">and was.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/24-19.htm">Luke 24:19</a></b></br> And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">Achievements</a> <a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Action</a> <a href="/acts/2-11.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/john/7-15.htm">Educated</a> <a href="/acts/7-18.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Eloquence</a> <a href="/acts/7-11.htm">Great</a> <a href="/daniel/8-25.htm">Influence</a> <a href="/luke/9-21.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/acts/7-13.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/acts/2-33.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/acts/4-37.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/acts/7-18.htm">Power</a> <a href="/luke/24-19.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/acts/6-14.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/luke/6-40.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/acts/7-10.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Words</a> <a href="/acts/4-30.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/10-6.htm">Achievements</a> <a href="/romans/7-5.htm">Action</a> <a href="/acts/8-11.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/acts/22-3.htm">Educated</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/acts/18-24.htm">Eloquence</a> <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/acts/8-11.htm">Influence</a> <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/acts/23-27.htm">Learned</a> <a href="/acts/8-13.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/acts/8-7.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Power</a> <a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/acts/12-21.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/acts/9-27.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/acts/18-25.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/acts/24-2.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Words</a> <a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">51. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Egyptians were known for their advanced knowledge in various fields such as mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and architecture. This education would have equipped Moses with skills and knowledge that were crucial for his later leadership of the Israelites. The wisdom of the Egyptians is also a testament to the providence of God, preparing Moses for his future role. This background is significant as it contrasts with the divine wisdom he later receives from God, highlighting the transformation from worldly to spiritual leadership.<p><b>and was powerful in speech and action.</b><br>Despite Moses' later protestations of being "slow of speech" (<a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10</a>), this phrase indicates that he was initially recognized for his eloquence and effectiveness. This could refer to his ability to communicate and lead, skills that were essential for his mission to liberate the Israelites. The phrase "powerful in action" underscores his capability to execute plans and lead people, foreshadowing his role in the Exodus. This duality of speech and action is a type of Christ, who is described as the Word made flesh (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>) and who performed mighty works. Moses' life, therefore, serves as a precursor to the ultimate deliverer, Jesus Christ, who is both the message and the means of salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>A central figure in the Old Testament, Moses was chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. He is known for his close relationship with God and his role as a lawgiver and prophet.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A powerful ancient civilization where Moses was raised. Egypt is significant in biblical history as the place of Israel's enslavement and the backdrop for the Exodus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/stephen's_speech.htm">Stephen's Speech</a></b><br>Acts 7 records the speech of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, before the Sanhedrin. In his speech, Stephen recounts the history of Israel, highlighting Moses' role and God's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_preparation.htm">The Importance of Preparation</a></b><br>Moses' education in Egypt equipped him with skills and knowledge that God later used for His purposes. God often prepares us in unexpected ways for future service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_our_lives.htm">God's Sovereignty in Our Lives</a></b><br>Despite Moses' Egyptian upbringing, God had a plan for him to lead His people. This reminds us that God can use our past experiences, even those outside of our control, for His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/balancing_humility_and_confidence.htm">Balancing Humility and Confidence</a></b><br>While Moses was described as powerful in speech and action, he also expressed humility and reliance on God. We should strive to balance confidence in our God-given abilities with humility before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_leadership.htm">The Role of Faith in Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' life exemplifies how faith is crucial in leadership. His decisions were guided by faith, not by the privileges of his Egyptian upbringing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_moses'_speech_traits.htm">Stephen states Moses was “mighty in words” (Acts 7:22), but Exodus 4:10 depicts Moses as slow of speech. How do we reconcile these descriptions? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_pharaoh_deny_knowing_israel's_god.htm">Exodus 5:2: Why would Pharaoh deny any knowledge of Israel’s God if Moses was supposedly raised in the royal court? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_magicians_turn_water_to_blood.htm">If Moses and Aaron turned all water to blood (Exodus 7:20-21), how did the magicians replicate this (Exodus 7:22) if no water was left?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_could_magicians_mimic_the_plague.htm">Exodus 7:22-24: Why could Egypt's magicians replicate the plague if it was supposedly divine judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">was trained, </span>or <span class= "ital">instructed.</span> There is no direct statement to this effect in the history of the Pentateuch, but it was implied in Moses being brought up as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and was in harmony with later paraphrases and expansions of the earlier history. The narrative of Josephus (as above) and the references in the New Testament to Jannes and Jambres as the magicians who withstood Moses (<a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm" title="Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.">2Timothy 3:8</a>), and to the dispute of Michael and Satan as to his body (<a href="/jude/1-9.htm" title="Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.">Jude 1:9</a>), indicate the wide acceptance of some such half-legendary history. The passage is instructive, (1) as an indirect plea on the part of Stephen, like that afterwards made by Clement of Alexandria (<span class= "ital">Strom. </span>i. 5, ? 28; 6:5, ? 42) and Justin (<span class= "ital">Dial. c. Tryph.</span> c. 1-4)<span class= "ital">, </span>for the recognition of heathen wisdom as an element in the divine education of mankind; (2) as having contributed to fix the attention of the more cultivated and scholarly of the early Christian critics, such as those named, and Origen, and Jerome, and Augustine, on the teaching of Greek poets and philosophers, and having furnished them with a sanction for such studies.<p><span class= "bld">Mighty in words and in deeds.</span>--Josephus (<span class= "ital">Ant.</span> ii. 10), still following the same traditional history, relates that Moses commanded the Egyptian forces in a campaign against the Ethiopians, and protected them against the serpents that infected the country, by transporting large numbers of the ibis that feeds on serpents. The romance was completed by the marriage of Moses with the daughter of the Ethiopian king who had fallen passionately in love with him. This was possibly a development of the brief statement in <a href="/numbers/12-1.htm" title="And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.">Numbers 12:1</a>. The language of Moses (<a href="/exodus/4-10.htm" title="And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoken to your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.">Exodus 4:10</a>), in which he speaks of himself as "not eloquent" and "slow of speech," seems at first inconsistent with "mighty in words," but may fairly be regarded as simply the utterance of a true humility shrinking from the burden of a mighty task.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> <span class="accented">- Instructed</span> for <span class="accented">learned</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">he was mighty</span> for <span class="accented">was mighty</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">in his words and works</span> for <span class="accented">in words and in deeds</span>, A.V. and T.R. The statement of Moses being <span class="cmt_word">instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians</span>, though not found in Exodus, was doubtless true. Josephus makes Thermeutis speak of him as "of a noble understanding;" and says that he was "brought up with much care and diligence." And Philo, in his life of Moses(quoted by Whitby), says he was smiled in music, geometry, arithmetic, and hieroglyphics, and the whole circle of arts and sciences. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/7-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="grk">Μωϋσῆς</span> <span class="translit">(Mōusēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3475.htm">Strong's 3475: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was educated</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπαιδεύθη</span> <span class="translit">(epaideuthē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3811.htm">Strong's 3811: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pais; to train up a child, i.e. Educate, or, discipline.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="grk">πάσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(pasē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] wisdom</span><br /><span class="grk">σοφίᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(sophia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4678.htm">Strong's 4678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [the] Egyptians</span><br /><span class="grk">Αἰγυπτίων</span> <span class="translit">(Aigyptiōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_124.htm">Strong's 124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egyptian. From Aiguptos; an Eyyptian or inhabitant of Egyptus.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="grk">ἦν</span> <span class="translit">(ēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">powerful</span><br /><span class="grk">δυνατὸς</span> <span class="translit">(dynatos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1415.htm">Strong's 1415: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">speech</span><br /><span class="grk">λόγοις</span> <span class="translit">(logois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> </span><span class="str2">From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">action.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔργοις</span> <span class="translit">(ergois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/7-22.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 7:22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/7-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 7:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 7:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/7-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 7:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 7:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>