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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.

Context of Acts 7:36

34I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’ 35“This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness. 37“This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’ 38He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Heοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• broughtἐξάγωexagō · to lead outG1806
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• after that he had shewedποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• theθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• ·ἐρυθρόςeruthros · Red (Sea)G2063
• the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
• fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094

Cross-references for Acts 7:36

• Exodus 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.
• Exodus 33:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
• Exodus 7:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
• Deuteronomy 4:33Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?
• Deuteronomy 6:21tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• Nehemiah 9:10You sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name for yourself, which remains to this day.
• Psalms 78:12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
• Psalms 105:27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
• Psalms 106:8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.
• Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals.
• Psalms 136:9the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
• Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
• Exodus 15:23When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)
• Exodus 16:1The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.
• Exodus 19:1On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt—on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai.
• Numbers 9:15On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.

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