Acts 7:30
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Cross-references
Acts 7:32 continues the burning bush account with God's words to Moses, directly following the angel appearance here.
Acts 7:35 refers back to the angel in the bush as the one who sent Moses as ruler and redeemer.
Acts 7:38 directly identifies the angel in verse 30 as the one who spoke to Moses at Sinai, linking the bush to the law.
Exodus 3:1 describes Moses at Horeb with the burning bush, the exact event Stephen recounts here.
Exodus 3:2 is the original account of the angel of the LORD in the burning bush that Stephen is summarizing here.
Exodus 3:6 records God's declaration from the bush, which Stephen quotes directly in the following verse (Acts 7:32).
Exodus 7:7 gives Moses' age (80) when confronting Pharaoh, confirming the timeline of 40 years in Midian mentioned here.
Deuteronomy 33:16 directly mentions 'him who dwelt in the bush' — the same divine presence Moses encountered at the burning bush.
Mark 12:26 cites 'the passage about the bush' where God speaks to Moses — the exact event Stephen recounts here.
Luke 20:37 also refers to 'the passage about the bush' — affirming the same theophany where God identifies Himself.