Exodus 2:11

In those days] According to Acts 7:23; Moses was at this time 'full forty years old.' This incident shows that the patriotism of Moses had not been destroyed by his Egyptian upbringing, also that he was by nature possessed of an impatient and ardent spirit which required the long discipline of the sojourn in Midian to school him into that strength and forbearance necessary in a leader of men: see on Exodus 3:11. At the same time, it is made clear that his countrymen were not yet ready for emancipation.