Stephen continues with the tale of Jospeh, and how the bodies of their ancestors were brought back from Egypt to Israel. Again, Stephen is probably stressing his understanding and appreciation of Jewish heritage.
Next he turns to the exodus from Egypt. This happened at a time when a "bad" king was ruling Egypt. Perhaps there is a parallel to Jesus bringing salvation at the time Israel was under Roman rule.
Moses was the to be the one who would bring the Israelites out of Egypt. His birth and upbringing were unusual in the sense that male babies were being killed at the time, but he was spared and was then brought up as a prince of Egypt.
Moses tried to help his people, but they rejected him. There is an obvious allusion here to the Jews rejecting Jesus. Moses had to flee.
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