Ex 2:11-25. HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE HEBREWS.
11. in those days, when Moses was grown--not in age and stature
only, but in power as well as in renown for accomplishments and
military prowess
(Ac 7:22).
There is a gap here in the sacred history which, however, is supplied
by the inspired commentary of Paul, who has fully detailed the reasons
as well as extent of the change that took place in his worldly
condition; and whether, as some say, his royal mother had proposed to
make him coregent and successor to the crown, or some other
circumstances, led to a declaration of his mind, he determined to
renounce the palace and identify himself with the suffering people of
God
(Heb 11:24-29).
The descent of some great sovereigns, like Diocletian and Charles V,
from a throne into private life, is nothing to the sacrifice which
Moses made through the power of faith.
he went out unto his brethren--to make a full and systematic
inspection of their condition in the various parts of the country where
they were dispersed
(Ac 7:23),
and he adopted this proceeding in pursuance of the patriotic purpose
that the faith, which is of the operation of God, was even then forming
in his heart.
he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew--one of the taskmasters
scourging a Hebrew slave without any just cause
(Ac 7:24),
and in so cruel a manner, that he seems to have died under the
barbarous treatment--for the conditions of the sacred story imply such
a fatal issue. The sight was new and strange to him, and though
pre-eminent for meekness
(Nu 12:3),
he was fired with indignation.
JFB.
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