Acts 7:22
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
KJV
καὶ ἐπαιδεύθη Μωϋσῆς ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ Αἰγυπτίων, ἦν δὲ δυνατὸς ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Ægyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis.
Vulgate
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
ASV
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
People
Moses
In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Αἰγύπτιος
aiguptios
adjective · 5×
Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δυνατός
dunatos
adjective · 32×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
παιδεύω
paideuo
verb · 13×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: Μωϋσῆς | Treg/NIV: + ἐν
- Μωϋσῆς — SBLGNT
- + ἐν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ
- αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 27.—Of the Ark and the Deluge, and that We Cannot Agree with Those Who Receive the Bare History, But Reject the Allegorical Interpretation, Nor with Those Who Maintain the Figurative and Not the Historical Meaning. Yet no one ought to suppose either that these things were written for no purpose, or that we should study only the historical truth, apart from any allegoric…
Chapter 37.—That Prophetic Records are Found Which are More Ancient Than Any Fountain of the Gentile Philosophy. In the time of our prophets, then, whose writings had already come to the knowledge of almost all nations, the philosophers of the nations had not yet arisen,—at least, not those who were called by that name, which originated with Pythagoras the Samian, who was becom…
Chapter 1.— Signs, Their Nature and Variety. 1. As when I was writing about things, I introduced the subject with a warning against attending to anything but what they are in themselves, even though they are signs of something else, so now, when I come in its turn to discuss the subject of signs, I lay down this direction, not to attend to what they are in themselves, but to th…
Philo presents Moses as the ideal philosopher-king, surpassing all Greek models. Moses was called by God to lead not through force but through virtue. He is the lawgiver par excellence because his laws derive not from human reason alone but from direct divine revelation, making the Torah the constitution of the universe itself.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 4:30 — And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- 2Chr 9:22 — And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- 2Cor 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- Dan 1:4 — Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and w
- Dan 1:4 — Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and w
- Dan 1:17 — As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Dan 1:17 — As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Exod 2:11 — And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
- Exod 4:10 — And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
- Exod 11:3 — And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
- Isa 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Isa 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Luke 24:19 — And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
- Luke 24:19 — And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
- Zech 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confoun