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Acts 7:36

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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.

Acts 7:36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 7:36

Theological / Devotional

Brought them out. Moses was able to do this, having God’s power with him (see on Ex. 3:12).

Wonders and signs. See on chs. 2:19, 22; 6:8; cf. Vol. V, p. 208.

Red sea. This is the name given by the Greeks to the water the Hebrews called the Sea of Reeds (see on Ex. 10:19). The reason for either name cannot be definitely ascertained.

Forty years. See Num. 14:33; Deut. 29:5.

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