Acts Chapter 7 verse 23 Holy Bible
But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
read chapter 7 in ASV
But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.
read chapter 7 in BBE
And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
read chapter 7 in DARBY
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
read chapter 7 in KJV
read chapter 7 in WBT
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, the children of Israel.
read chapter 7 in WEB
`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;
read chapter 7 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Well-nigh for full, A.V. When he was precisely forty years old (Meyer) The exact meaning seems to be "when he was in the act of completing forty years." The account in Exodus 2:11 only says, "When Moses was grown" (μέγας γενόμενος, LXX.); the age of forty years, and the number of years, forty, that he sojourned in Midian, as given below, ver. 30, are traditional. "There are that say that Moses was forty years in Pharaoh's palace, forty years in Midian, and forty years in the wilderness" (Tauchum, in Exodus it.). "Moses was forty years in Pharaoh's court, and forty years in Midian, and forty years he served Israel" (Beresh. Rabb.), both quoted by Lightfoot ('Comment. and Exercitations upon the Acts'). The sum total of the three periods of forty years is given as the length of Moses' life, viz. a hundred and twenty years (Deuteronomy 34:7). Ver. 24. - Smiting for and smote, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) It came into his heart.--The distinct purpose in going out to look after his brethren is stated somewhat more emphatically than in Exodus 2:11.
