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Acts 7:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.


Acts 7:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 7:2114 words
GreekMeaning
ἐκτεθέντοςektethentos
cast out, expoundverbG1620
δὲde
thenwordG1161
αὐτοῦautou
himpronounG846
ἀνείλατοaneilato
took upverbG337
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
thearticleG3588
θυγάτηρthygatēr
daughternounG2364
ΦαραὼPharaō
of PharaohnounG5328
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀνεθρέψατοanethrepsato
brought upverbG397
αὐτὸνauton
he / she / it / samepronounG846
ἑαυτῇheautē
for herselfpronounG1438
εἰςeis
forprepositionG1519
υἱόνhyion
a sonnounG5207
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 7:21

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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