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Acts 7:20 — King James Version← Study notes

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:


Acts 7:20Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 7:2019 words
GreekMeaning
ἐνen
InprepositionG1722
thatrelative pronounG3739
καιρῷkairō
timenounG2540
ἐγεννήθηegennēthē
was bornverbG1080
ΜωϋσῆςMōysēs
MosesnounG3475
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἦνēn
he wasverbG1510
ἀστεῖοςasteios
beautifuladjectiveG791
τῷ
thearticleG3588
θεῷtheō
to GodnounG2316
ὃςhos
whorelative pronounG3739
ἀνετράφηanetraphē
was brought upverbG397
μῆναςmēnas
monthsnounG3375
τρεῖςtreis
threeadjectiveG5140
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
οἴκῳoikō
housenounG3624
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
πατρόςpatros
fathernounG3962
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 7:20

In which time, it says, Moses was born, and was exceeding fair. Acts 7:20 If the former circumstance was wonderful, that Joseph was sold by his brethren, here again is another circumstance more wonderful still, that the king nourished the very person who was to overthrow his dominion, being himself the person that was to perish. Do you observe all along a figurative enacting, so to say, of the resurrection of the dead? But it is not the same thing for God himself to do a…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 16 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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