Acts 7:30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames…”

Acts 7:30

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to him in the wildernes of mout Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flame of fire, in a bush.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

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Cross references

“when”

Acts 7:17 Exodus 7:7

Acts 7:17 · BSB

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

Exodus 7:7 · BSB

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

“there”

Galatians 4:25 1 Kings 19:8 Exodus 3:1 Exodus 19:1 Exodus 19:2

Galatians 4:25 · BSB

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

1 Kings 19:8 · BSB

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 19:1 · BSB

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

Exodus 19:2 · BSB

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

“an”

Acts 7:35 Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6 Isaiah 63:9 Genesis 22:15–18 Genesis 16:7–13

Acts 7:35 · BSB

This 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.

Acts 7:32 · BSB

‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

Exodus 3:6 · BSB

Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Isaiah 63:9 · BSB

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Genesis 22:15–18 · BSB

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

Genesis 16:7–13 · BSB

Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

“in a flame”

Isaiah 43:2 Deuteronomy 4:20 Psalm 66:12 Daniel 3:27

Isaiah 43:2 · BSB

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Deuteronomy 4:20 · BSB

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Psalm 66:12 · BSB

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

Daniel 3:27 · BSB

and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and t…

“in a bush”

Mark 12:26 Deuteronomy 33:16 Luke 20:37

Mark 12:26 · BSB

But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ?

Deuteronomy 33:16 · BSB

with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Luke 20:37 · BSB

Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:

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