Acts 7:36
New International Version
He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness.

New Living Translation
And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.

English Standard Version
This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

Berean Standard Bible
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Berean Literal Bible
this one led them out, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

King James Bible
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

New King James Version
He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

New American Standard Bible
This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

NASB 1995
“This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

NASB 1977
“This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

Legacy Standard Bible
This man led them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

Amplified Bible
This man led them out [of Egypt] after performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

Christian Standard Bible
This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.”

American Standard Version
This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Contemporary English Version
In Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the desert, Moses rescued the people by working miracles and wonders for 40 years.

English Revised Version
This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the man who led our ancestors out of Egypt. He is the person who did amazing things and worked miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for 40 years.

Good News Translation
He led the people out of Egypt, performing miracles and wonders in Egypt and at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.

International Standard Version
It was he who led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for 40 years.

Majority Standard Bible
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

NET Bible
This man led them out, performing wonders and miraculous signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

New Heart English Bible
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Webster's Bible Translation
He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Weymouth New Testament
This was he who brought them out, after performing marvels and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the Desert for forty years.

World English Bible
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
this one brought them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

Berean Literal Bible
this one led them out, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Young's Literal Translation
this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

Smith's Literal Translation
He brought them out, having done wonders and sign in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the desert forty years.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert forty years.

Catholic Public Domain Version
This man led them out, accomplishing signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the desert, for forty years.

New American Bible
This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for forty years.

New Revised Standard Version
He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
It was he who brought them out after he had performed miracles, wonders, and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This is he who sent them out when he did signs and wonders and mighty works in the land of Egypt and at The Sea of Reeds and in the wilderness forty years.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
He brought them out, after he had performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.

Godbey New Testament
He led them out, doing wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Haweis New Testament
He brought them forth, after performing miracles and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Mace New Testament
he it was, who delivered them by doing prodigies and miracles in the land of Egypt, in the red sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Weymouth New Testament
This was he who brought them out, after performing marvels and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the Desert for forty years.

Worrell New Testament
This man led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Worsley New Testament
And he brought them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. 37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’…

Cross References
Exodus 14:21-22
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 7:3-5
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, / Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. / And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

Exodus 12:41-42
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt. / Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

Deuteronomy 6:22
Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

Psalm 105:26-27
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. / They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Nehemiah 9:10-11
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. / You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Exodus 3:10
Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

Exodus 15:11-12
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? / You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

Exodus 4:21
The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

Exodus 11:9-10
The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” / Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Exodus 14:29-31
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. / That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

Exodus 7:17-18
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. / The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

Exodus 9:16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 10:1-2
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them, / and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”


Treasury of Scripture

He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

brought.

Exodus 12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 33:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

after.

Exodus 7:1-14:31
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet…

Deuteronomy 4:33-37
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? …

Deuteronomy 6:21,22
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: …

in the Red.

Exodus 14:21,27-29
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided…

and in the wilderness.

Exodus 15:23-25
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah…

Exodus 16:1-17:16
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt…

Exodus 19:1-20:26
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai…

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Acts 7
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.














He led them out
This phrase refers to Moses, who, under God's command, led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. The Greek word for "led" is "ἐξήγαγεν" (exēgagen), which implies a guiding or bringing forth. This act of leading is not merely a physical relocation but a spiritual journey from slavery to freedom, symbolizing God's deliverance and faithfulness. Historically, this event is the Exodus, a foundational narrative for the Jewish people, representing liberation and the beginning of a covenant relationship with God.

performed wonders and signs
The Greek words "τέρατα" (terata) and "σημεῖα" (sēmeia) are used here, often translated as "wonders" and "signs." These terms denote miraculous events that serve as divine authentication of Moses' leadership and God's power. In the biblical context, these wonders and signs include the ten plagues in Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea. They are acts that defy natural explanation, intended to demonstrate God's sovereignty and to instill faith in His people.

in the land of Egypt
Egypt, in biblical history, is often symbolic of oppression and idolatry. The Israelites' time in Egypt was marked by slavery and hardship, yet it was also a place where God's power was vividly displayed through the plagues. Archaeologically, Egypt was a powerful and advanced civilization, making the Israelites' deliverance even more remarkable and a testament to God's supremacy over earthly powers.

at the Red Sea
The Red Sea crossing is one of the most dramatic miracles in the Bible. The Hebrew term "Yam Suph" is often translated as "Red Sea," though it may also mean "Sea of Reeds." This event is a pivotal moment of salvation history, where God parts the waters, allowing the Israelites to escape Pharaoh's army. It is a powerful symbol of God's ability to make a way where there seems to be none, reinforcing His role as a deliverer.

for forty years in the wilderness
The number forty in the Bible often signifies a period of testing, trial, or preparation. The Israelites' forty years in the wilderness were a time of reliance on God for sustenance and guidance, as they were shaped into a nation ready to enter the Promised Land. This period is marked by God's provision, such as manna and water from the rock, and His presence, symbolized by the pillar of cloud and fire. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the importance of trust and obedience in the believer's journey.

(36) After that he had shewed wonders and signs.--The two nouns are joined together, as in Deuteronomy 6:22, Matthew 24:24. The words express different relations, it may be, of the same phenomena, rather than phenomena specifically different;--the first emphasising the wonder which the miracle produces, and therefore answering more strictly to that word; the latter, the fact that the miracle is a token or evidence of something beyond itself. (See also Acts 2:22; Acts 6:8.)

In the Red sea.--It may be worth while noting that the familiar name comes to us, not from the Hebrew word, which means, literally, the Weed Sea, but from the LXX. version, which Stephen, as a Hellenistic Jew, used, and which gave the word Erythraean, or red, which had been used by Greek travellers from Herodotus onward. Why the name was given is an unsolved problem. Some have referred it to the colour of the coast; some to that of the sea-weed; some to an attempt to give an etymological translation of its name as the Sea of Edom (Edom, meaning "red," as in Genesis 25:25; Genesis 36:1); some to a supposed connection with an early settlement of Ph?nicians, whose name had, with the Greeks, the same significance. . . .

Verse 36. - This man for he, A.V.; led them forth for brought them out, A.V. ; having wrought for after that he had showed, A.V. ; Egypt for the land of Egypt, A.V. and T.R.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[He]
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

led them out
ἐξήγαγεν (exēgagen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1806: To lead out, sometimes to death, execution. From ek and ago; to lead forth.

[and] performed
ποιήσας (poiēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

wonders
τέρατα (terata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5059: A wonder, portent, marvel. Of uncertain affinity; a prodigy or omen.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

signs
σημεῖα (sēmeia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4592: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.

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

[the] land
γῇ (gē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

of Egypt,
Αἰγύπτῳ (Aigyptō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 125: Egypt. Of uncertain derivation.

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

[the] Red
Ἐρυθρᾷ (Erythra)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2063: Red. Of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. the Red Sea.

Sea,
Θαλάσσῃ (Thalassē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[for] forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

years
ἔτη (etē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 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 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

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


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