By faith Moses, when he was come to years
Or "was great"; a nobleman in Pharaoh's court; or when he was
arrived to great knowledge, being learned in all the wisdom of
the Egyptians; or rather when he was well advanced in years,
being full forty years of age, ( Acts 7:22 Acts 7:23 )
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter;
by whom Moses was taken up out of the water; by whom he was
named, and provided for; she reckoned him as her own son, and
designed him for Pharaoh's successor, as Josephus reports
F12: he refused all this honour, both
in words, and by facts; he denied that he was the son of
Pharaoh's daughter, as the words will bear to be rendered; for to
be "called", often signifies only to "be"; and by taking part
with the Israelites, and against the Egyptians, he plainly
declared that his descent was from the former, and not the
latter: and this discovered great faith; and showed that he
preferred being called an Israelite to any earthly adoption, and
the care of the church, and people of God, to his own worldly
honour and interest; and that he believed the promises of God,
before the flatteries of a court; and esteemed afflictions and
reproaches, with the people of God, and for his sake, better than
sinful pleasures, and earthly riches, as in the following words.
Of Pharaoh's daughter, (See Gill on Acts
7:21).