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Acts 7
Stephen answers the council by retelling Israel's story from Abraham, Joseph and Moses to the tabernacle and Solomon's temple, saying the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands. Enraged, they stone him while he prays for them, and Saul approves.
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The Greek Septuagint (3rd–2nd century BC) translated Yam Suph as 'the Red Sea', and most English and Chinese Bibles follow it.
The Septuagint's erythra thalassa ('Red Sea') covered the Red Sea and its gulfs; Acts 7:36 and Hebrews 11:29 use the same Greek name.
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Moses, ages 0–40: Forty years in Pharaoh's house
Moses was trained in "all the wisdom of the Egyptians" and was "mighty in words and in deeds". Then, at forty, he tried to deliver his people by his own hand and failed. God used the training later, but not on Moses' timetable. Preparation and readiness are n…