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Moses was given an Egyptian name. He was found by the daughter of the Pharaoh Tutmos.
She named him after her father, calling him Moses, which means “out of the water” (Exodus
2:5-10). His true mother nursed him for three months, weaned him and gave him to Pharaoh’s
house (Hebrews 11:23).

Act 7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for

her own son.

Act 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words
and in deeds.

Moses became a great speaker and worker. When Moses told God he could not speak, it was
not true (Exodus 4:10). God made Aaron his mouthpiece and during the fifth plague, Moses
pushed Aaron aside and spoke for himself from that time forward.

MOSES ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER

Act 7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the
children of Israel.

God spoke to Moses at the same time he was offered the Egyptian Empire and Moses chose to
go with his own people, Israel (Hebrews 11:24-27).

Act 7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was
oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

Moses was naturally a very strong man. With one blow, he killed the Egyptian man. Moses was
also brilliant and a great speaker. He had many reasons in the natural to trust in his own ability.
Pride was one of the areas God had to rid Moses of during his forty years on the backside of the

wilderness.

Act 7:25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand
would deliver them: but they understood not.

God spoke to his heart, and Moses knew he was the deliverer of Israel. Moses assumed
because he knew he was the deliverer, the whole nation of Israel would also recognize he was
their deliverer. But they did not. They believed Moses sided with the Egyptians.

Act 7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set
them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

After the Egyptians taskmaster had gone, the Jews began to find among themselves.