Acts 7:30
Good News Translation
"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

New Revised Standard Version
“Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Contemporary English Version
Forty years later, an angel appeared to Moses from a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

New American Bible
“Forty years later, an angel appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

when.

Acts 7:17 And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.

Exodus 7:7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

there.

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 19:1,2 In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai: . . .

1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Galatians 4:25 For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is: and is in bondage with her children.

Sinai.

Acts 7:32,35 I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold. . . .

Genesis 16:7-13 And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert, . . .

Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: . . .

Genesis 32:24-30 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning. . . .

Genesis 48:15,16 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: . . .

Exodus 3:2,6 And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt. . . .

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

Hosea 12:3-5 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. . . .

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

in a flame.

Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.

Psalm 66:12 Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

Isaiah 43:2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Daniel 3:27 For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways right, and all thy judgments true.

in a bush.

Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? Him God sent to be prince and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.

Deuteronomy 33:16 And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.

Mark 12:26 And as concerning the dead that they rise again have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

Luke 20:37 Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed at the bush, when he called the Lord: The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
29And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons. 30And 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. 31And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:…
Cross References
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 3:2
And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt.

Exodus 7:7
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

Acts 7:31
And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

Acts 7:29
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