Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
Acts 7:20 in other translations
| BSB | At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house. |
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| WEB | At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house. |
| ASV | At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house: |
| YLT | in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father; |
| DARBY | In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father. |
| BBE | At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house: |
| Webster | In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months: |
What does Acts 7:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:20-22
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Was exceeding fair. Greek, "was fair to God;" properly rendered, was very handsome. The word God is used in the Greek here in accordance with the Hebrew usage, by which anything that is very handsome, or lofty, or grand, is thus designated. Thus, Ps 36:7, mountains of God mean lofty mountains; Ps 80:10, [ver. 11, Heb.,] cedars of God mean lofty, beautiful cedars. Thus Nineveh is called "a great city to God," (Jonah 3:3, Greek,) meaning a very great city. The expression here means simply, that Moses was very fair, or handsome. Comp. Heb 11:23, where he is called a "proper child," i.e., a handsome child. It would seem from this, that Moses was preserved by his mother on account of his beauty; and this is hinted at in Ex 2:2. And it would also seem from this, that Pharaoh had succeeded by his oppressions in what he had attempted; and that it was not unusual for parents among the Jews to expose their children, or to put them to death.
(d) "Moses was born" Ex 2:2 (1) "exceeding fair" or, "fair to God" (+) "exceeding fair" "Very Beautiful"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 7:17-29
Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their day is darkest, and their distress deepest. Moses was exceeding fair, "fair toward God;" it is the beauty of holiness which is in God's sight of great price. He was wonderfully preserved in his infancy; for God will take…
Acts 7:20 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 7:20
- Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
- Exodus 2:2-10
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. …
- 1 Samuel 16:12
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
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Context
- Acts 7:19
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
- Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
- Acts 7:21
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Acts 7:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En aquel mismo tiempo nació Moisés, y fué agradable á Dios: y fué criado tres meses en casa de su padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ce temps-là naquit Moïse, et il était divinement beau; et il fut nourri trois mois dans la maison du père. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In dieser Zeit wurde Moses geboren, und er war ausnehmend schön; und er wurde drei Monate aufgezogen in dem Hause des Vaters. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Eodem tempore natus est Moyses, et fuit gratus Deo: qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui. |