Acts 7:23

“And when he was full forty years old, etc.] This Stephen had from tradition, and not from Scripture, which is silent about the age of Moses at this time, and only says, “it came to pass in those days when Moses was grown”, (<020211>Exodus 2:11) but that he was at this time at such an age, is the general sense of the Jews. Upon the above mentioned passage they have this note f319 “twenty years old was Moses at that time; and there are that say, that he was forty years old. And f320 elsewhere still more particularly; Moses was “forty” years in the palace of Pharaoh, forty years in Midian, (the Amsterdam edition reads, rbdmb, “in the wilderness”, wrongly,) and he served Israel forty years.”…”

“In Act 7:23, Act 7:30, Act 7:36, the life of Moses is represented as embracing three periods, of forty years each; the Jewish writers say the same; and though this is not expressly stated in the Old Testament, his age at death, one hundred twenty years (Deu 34:7), agrees with it. it came into his heart to visit his brethren--his heart yearning with love to them as God's chosen people, and heaving with the consciousness of a divine vocation to set them free.”

“Full forty years old - This is not recorded in the Old Testament; but it is a constant tradition of the Jews that Moses was 40 years of age when he undertook to deliver them. Thus, it is said, “Moses lived in the palace of Pharaoh forty years; he was forty years in Midian; and he ministered to Israel forty years” (Kuinoel). To visit ... - Probably with a view of delivering them from their oppressive bondage. Compare Acts 7:25. return to 'Top of Page'”

“It came into his heart - Probably by an impulse from God. Acts 7:24”

“when: Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12; Heb 11:24-26 it came: Exo 35:21, Exo 35:29; Ch1 29:17-19; Ch2 30:12; Ezr 1:1, Ezr 1:5, Ezr 7:27; Pro 21:1; Co2 8:16; Phi 2:12, Phi 2:13; Jam 1:17; Rev 17:17 to: Act 15:36; Exo 4:18 Acts 7:24”