Acts 7:18

“until another king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.”
Acts 7:18 · direct translation from the Greek

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untilἄχρι οὗanotherἕτεροςkingβασιλεὺςaroseἀνέστηoverἐπ’EgyptΑἴγυπτονwhoὃςdid notοὐκknowᾔδειJoseph.τὸν Ἰωσήφ

Quotation · Exodus 1:8

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Stephen repeats Exodus 1:8 almost word for word.

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Greek of the New Testament: ἄχρι οὗ ἀνέστη βασιλεὺς ἕτερος ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיָּקָם מֶלֶךְ חָדָשׁ עַל מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַע אֶת יוֹסֵף

Septuagint (Exodus 1:8 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἀνέστη δὲ βασιλεὺς ἕτερος ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον, ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 9 consecutive words: “βασιλεὺς ἕτερος ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Acts 7:18, word by word

untilἄχριachri

until

Until; as far as.

Where else “achri” appears

anotherἕτεροςheteros

other, another

Other, another, different.

Where else “heteros” appears

kingβασιλεὺςbasileus

king

The one who rules a people with the highest authority.

Where else “basileus” appears

aroseἀνέστηanestē

get up

To stand up, or set out somewhere.

Where else “anestē” appears

EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton

Egypt

See it on the map Where else “Aigypton” appears

knowᾔδειēidei

know someone

To have dealings with someone and know who he is.

Where else “ēidei” appears

JosephἸωσήφIōsēph

Joseph

Joseph, the name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.

Where else “Iōsēph” appears

Translation note

Exodus 1:8.

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Quotation · Exodus 1:8

Stephen repeats Exodus 1:8 almost word for word.

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Acts 7:18

¹⁸until another king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.

Exodus 1:8

⁸Then there arose over Egypt a new king who did not know Joseph.

Places in this verse

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Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
Genesis 12:10 Genesis 37:28 Exodus 12:41 Matthew 2:14

The context

17But as the time of the promise that God had promised to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18 · This verse (above)

19He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.

Read all of Acts 7

To study Acts 7 in a group

1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?

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