This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
This is the same guy who was with our ancestors out in the wilderness, talking directly with the angel on Mount Sinai. He's the one who received God's living words to pass down to us.
Moses wasn't just a history lesson, he was the original messenger bringing God's alive-and-active words straight to the people.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Acts, Stephen is defending his faith before the Jewish Sanhedrin by recounting key events from Israel's history, specifically highlighting Moses as a central figure. He refers to the gathered Israelites in the wilderness as the "church," an early use of the term to describe God's assembled people during the Exodus from Egypt. At Mount Sinai, Moses encountered an angel representing God and received the living oracles, or the Law, which he then shared with the ancestors of the Jewish leaders.
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