Acts 7:36

Acts 7:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
• New International Version (NIV)He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Context of Acts 7:36

34I have certainly seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them; and now come, I will send you to Egypt.’ 35“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush. This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen.’ 38This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him at length on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to you.

Acts 7:36 word by word

οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα.Read the interlinear

• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ledἐξάγωexagō · to lead outG1806
• performingποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• in the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• and in the Redἐρυθρόςeruthros · Red (Sea)G2063
• Seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094

Cross-references for Acts 7:36

• Exodus 12:41And at the end of 430 years, on this very day, all the multitudes of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 33:1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’
• Exodus 7:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
• Deuteronomy 4:33Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and survived?
• Deuteronomy 6:21then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• Nehemiah 9:10Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they acted arrogantly toward them, And You made a name for Yourself as it is this day.
• Psalms 78:12He performed wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
• Psalms 105:27They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 106:8Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, So that He might make His power known.
• Psalms 135:8He struck the firstborn of Egypt, Both human firstborn and animal.
• Psalms 136:9The moon and stars to rule by night, For His faithfulness is everlasting.
• Exodus 14:21Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
• Exodus 15:23When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter; for that reason it was named Marah.
• Exodus 16:1Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 19:1In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
• Numbers 9:15Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

Commentaries on Acts 7:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders, etc. - Thus the very person whom they had rejected, and, in effect, delivered up into the hands of Pharaoh that he might be slain, was the person alone by whom they were redeemed from their Egyptian bondage. And does not St. Stephen plainly say by this, that the very person, Jesus Christ, whom they had rejected and delivered up into the hands of Pilate to be crucified, was the person alone by whom…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Wonders and signs - Miracles, and remarkable interpositions of God. See the notes on Acts 2:22. In the land of Egypt - By the ten plagues. Exodus 412. In the Red sea - Dividing it, and conducting the Israelites in safety, and overthrowing the Egyptians, Exodus 14. In the wilderness - During their forty years‘ journey to the promised land. The wonders or miracles were, providing them with manna daily; with flesh in a miraculous manner; with water from the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-41Verses 30-41 Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness, and there speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a flame of fire, yet the bush was not consumed; which represented the state of Israel in Egypt, where, though they were in the fire of affliction, yet they were not consumed. It may also be looked upon as a type of Christ's taking upon him the nature of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53Stephen answered the accusations by speaking about his Lord (see Luke 21:12–17). Instead of defending himself, he became a witness in God's legal case against them. This revealed how contrary they were and their lack of loyalty. Stephen gave a history of Israel's past and reminded them of their repeated rejections of those who announced God's messages. Stephen's review of Israel's history has three main parts: The work of the patriarchs. This refers to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-4135-41. This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge, &c.--Here, again, "the stone which the builders refused is made the head of the corner" (Psa 118:22).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings