But concerning those who are raised from the dead, have you never read in the book of Moses, in the incident about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying [Ex. 3:6], ‘I am Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God?’
Acts 7:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “Then after [another] forty years passed, an angel appeared to him [one day] out of a flaming bush in the wilderness near Mt. Sinai. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when forty years had gone by, there appeared to him in the wilderness (desert) of Mount Sinai an angel, in the flame of a burning bramblebush. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible “Forty years later, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush in the wilderness near Mount Sinai. Catholic Public Domain Version And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an Angel, in a flame of fire in a bush. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
But concerning those who are raised from the dead, have you never read in the book of Moses, in the incident about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying [Ex. 3:6], ‘I am Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God?’
But even Moses showed that dead people would be raised in the incident about the bush [Ex. 3:6], where he called the Lord, ‘Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God.’
“But as the time when [the fulfillment of] the promise [God had made] to Abraham approached, the number of people [i.e., Hebrews] in Egypt grew
Moses marveled at the sight [of the burning bush] and, as he went to look at it more closely, the voice of the Lord spoke out,
‘I am the God of your forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear, not [even] wanting to look [at the bush].
But the Hebrews refused [to acknowledge Moses as their leader], saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge [over us]?’ [Nevertheless], God sent him [to Egypt] to be both a ruler and liberator [of the people] through the direction of [His] angel who appeared [to Moses] from the bush.
Now this woman, Hagar, is similar to Mount Sinai, in Arabia, and represents the present [earthly] Jerusalem [i.e., Israel], consisting of children in bondage [to the Law of Moses].