Text -- Acts 7:20 (NET)

7:20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 7:20

¹ tn Or “was well-formed before God,” or “was well-pleasing to God” (BDAG 145 s.v. ἀστεῖος suggests the meaning is more like “well-bred” as far as God was concerned; see Exod 2:2).

² tn Grk “who was brought up for three months.” The continuation of the sentence as a relative clause is awkward in English, so a new sentence was started in the translation by changing the relative pronoun to a regular pronoun (“he”).