Acts 7:20-22

Acts 7:20-22

[20] In  which  time  Moses  was born,  and  exceeding  fair,  and  nourished up  in  father's  house  three  months:  [21] And  when he  was cast out,  Pharaoh's  daughter  him  up,  and  nourished  him  for  her own  son.  [22] And  Moses  was learned  in all  the wisdom  of the Egyptians,  and  mighty  in  words  and  in  deeds. 

What does Acts 7:20-22 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Moses, the great deliverer of his people, was born, preserved, protected (by Pharaoh"s daughter no less), and educated in Egypt.
". . . the pillar of the Law was reared in a foreign land and in a Gentile court." [1]
Moses became a powerful man in word (his writings?) and deed. All this took place outside the Promised Land, which further depreciated the importance of that land.
Like Moses, Jesus was lovely in God"s sight when He was born, because God chose Him, and Mary nurtured Him at home before He came under the control of the Egyptians temporarily (cf. Matthew 1:18-21). Moses had great knowledge, as did Jesus; both became powerful men in words and deeds ( Acts 7:22).
". . . after forty years of learning in Egypt, God put him [2] out into the desert. There God gave him his B. D. degree, his Backside of the Desert degree, and prepared him to become the deliverer." [3]