Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Acts 7:20

Context
NETBible

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful 1  to God. For 2  three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

XREF

Ex 2:2-10; 1Sa 16:12; Heb 11:23

NET © Notes

tn Or “was well-formed before God,” or “was well-pleasing to God” (BDAG 145 s.v. ἀστεῖος suggests the meaning is more like “well-bred” as far as God was concerned; see Exod 2:2).

tn Grk “who was brought up for three months.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation by changing the relative pronoun to a regular pronoun (“he”).



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