Acts 7:38 Meaning and Explanation
“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:”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Moses stood in the assembly in the wilderness, between the angel who spoke on Sinai and the fathers, and received living oracles to pass on.
What Does Acts 7:38 Mean?
Stephen pictures Sinai: Moses standing between the messenger of God and the gathered people, receiving words to hand on.
The church in the wilderness: God had an assembly, a called-out people, long before any temple stood. And the oracles were living. The word of God is not an archive but a voice, quick and powerful still (Hebrews 4:12). What Moses received, he received to give, for revelation is a trust to be handed on.
Acts 7:38 in the Original Language
ekklesia (ἐκκλησία), 'church' -- an assembly, a people called together.
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What does Acts 7:38 mean?
Moses stood in the assembly in the wilderness, between the angel who spoke on Sinai and the fathers, and received living oracles to pass on.