Acts 7:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Acts 7:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Acts 7:23 is a verse from the book of Acts in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Acts 7:23 — KJV
“And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.”
— Acts 7:23 (KJV)
Acts 7:23 in Context — About the Book of Acts
Acts is volume two of Luke's history: the Spirit falls at Pentecost and a praying church turns the world upside down in one generation. Prison doors open, the gospel jumps every cultural wall, and every advance begins in a prayer meeting. It is the blueprint for Spirit-filled boldness.
Cross-References for Acts 7:23
“Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Acts 7:23: old, came, into
“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”
Shares key themes with Acts 7:23: forty, years, came
“And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Shares key themes with Acts 7:23: old, came, brethren
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Acts 7:23: forty, years, came
“And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. wandered: Heb. walked”
Shares key themes with Acts 7:23: forty, years, old
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