Acts 7:21

Took up [α ν ε ι λ ε τ ο]. Used among Greek writers of taking up exposed children; also of owning new - born children. So Aristophanes : "I exposed (the child) and some other woman, having taken it, adopted [α ν ε ι λ ε τ ο] it" (" Clouds, " 531). There is no reason why the meaning should be limited to took him up from the water (as Gloag).