Acts 7:30
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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

when.

Acts 7:17 And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.

Exodus 7:7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

there.

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 19:1,2 In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai: . . .

1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Galatians 4:25 For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is: and is in bondage with her children.

Sinai.

Acts 7:32,35 I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold. . . .

Genesis 16:7-13 And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert, . . .

Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: . . .

Genesis 32:24-30 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning. . . .

Genesis 48:15,16 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: . . .

Exodus 3:2,6 And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt. . . .

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

Hosea 12:3-5 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. . . .

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

in a flame.

Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.

Psalm 66:12 Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

Isaiah 43:2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Daniel 3:27 For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways right, and all thy judgments true.

in a bush.

Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? Him God sent to be prince and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.

Deuteronomy 33:16 And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.

Mark 12:26 And as concerning the dead that they rise again have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

Luke 20:37 Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed at the bush, when he called the Lord: The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
29And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons. 30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush. 31And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:…
Cross References
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 3:2
And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt.

Exodus 7:7
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

Acts 7:31
And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

Lexicon
[After]
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

years
ἐτῶν (etōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

had passed,
πληρωθέντων (plērōthentōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.

an angel
ἄγγελος (angelos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

appeared
ὤφθη (ōphthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

to [Moses]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] flames
φλογὶ (phlogi)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5395: A flame. From a primary phlego; a blaze.

of a burning
πυρὸς (pyros)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4442: Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; 'fire'.

bush
βάτου (batou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 942: A thorn bush or bramble. Of uncertain derivation; a brier shrub.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

desert
ἐρήμῳ (erēmō)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2048: Lonesome, i.e. waste.

near
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Mount
ὄρους (orous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3735: A mountain, hill. Probably from an obsolete oro; a mountain: -hill, mount(-ain).

Sinai.
Σινᾶ (Sina)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4614: Sinai, a mountain in Arabia. Of Hebrew origin; Sina, a mountain in Arabia.


Additional Translations
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

And forty years having been passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush.

"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
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