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PARALLEL BIBLE - Acts 7:38


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King James Bible - Acts 7:38

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:

World English Bible

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

Douay-Rheims - Acts 7:38

This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on mount Sina, and with our fathers; who received the words of life to give unto us.

Webster's Bible Translation

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:

Greek Textus Receptus


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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (38) -
Ex 19:3-17; 20:19,20 Nu 16:3 *etc:

SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:38

Este es aquel que estuvo en la iglesia en el desierto con el ngel que le hablaba en el monte de Sinaí, y con nuestros padres; y recibi las palabras de vida para darnos;

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 7:38

Verse 38. With the
angel which spake to him] Stephen shows that Moses received the law by the ministry of angels; and that he was only a mediator between the angel of God and them.

The lively oracles] logia zwnta, The living oracles. The doctrines of life, those doctrines-obedience to which entitled them, by the promise of God, to a long life upon earth, which spoke to them of that spiritual life which every true believer has in union with his God, and promised that eternal life which those who are faithful unto death shall enjoy with him in the realms of glory.

The Greek word logion, which we translate oracle, signifies a Divine revelation, a communication from God himself, and is here applied to the Mosaic law; to the Old Testament in general, Rom. iii. 2; Heb. v. 12; and to Divine revelation in general, 1 Pet. iv. 11.


John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 38. This is he that was in the church in the wilderness , etc.] Which must be understood of the children of Israel, who were the then church of God, whom he had chosen and separated from the rest of the world, to be a peculiar people to himself, to whom were given the word and ordinances, the service of God, and the promises; and God always had, and will have a church, though that is sometimes in the wilderness; which has been the case under the Gospel dispensation, as well as before; ( Revelation 12:6,14) and it was a peculiar honour to Moses, that he was in this church, though it was in the wilderness; even a greater honour than to be in Pharaohs court.

This has a particular respect to the time when all Israel were encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai, when Moses was not only in the midst of them, and at the head of them; but was with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sina : this is the same angel as before, in ( Acts 7:30) and refers either to his speaking to him then, saying, I am the God of thy fathers, etc. which was at Mount Sinai; or rather to the time when the law was given on that mount; and it may be to both; it is true of each, though it, may more especially regard the latter; for it was the angel of the divine presence, the second person in the Trinity, the word of God, that bid Moses come up into the mount; and who spake all the ten words to him; and who is described in so grand and august a manner in ( Deuteronomy 33:2) and with our fathers ; the Jewish ancestors, who came out of Egypt under Moses, with whom he was as their deliverer and ruler, their guide and governor: who received the lively oracles to give unto us ; he received from the angel which spake to him the law, to deliver to the children of Israel; which is called the oracles, because it came from God, and contained his mind and will, and was a sure and infallible declaration of it; and lively ones, because delivered viva voce, with an articulate voice, and in audible sounds, and because it is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions render it, the words of life: not that the law gives life, or points out the way of life and salvation to sinful men; it is to them all the reverse; it is the killing letter, and the ministration of condemnation and death: it is indeed a rule of life, or of walk and conversation to men, and it promises life in case of perfect obedience, ( Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 30:19,20, 32:47) but this is impracticable by fallen men, and therefore there is no life nor righteousness by the law. Though these lively oracles may be considered in a larger extent, as including all the promises of God respecting the Messiah, delivered to Moses, and all the rites and ordinances of the ceremonial law, which pointed out Christ, as the way of life, righteousness, and salvation, from whence they may very well take this name.


Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 30-41 - Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness, and ther speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a flame of fire, ye the bush was not consumed; which represented the state of Israel i Egypt, where, though they were in the fire of affliction, yet they wer not consumed. It may also be looked upon as a type of Christ's takin upon him the nature of man, and the union between the Divine and huma nature. The death of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, cannot break the covenant relation between God and them. Our Saviour by this proves the future state, Mt 22:31. Abraham is dead, yet God is still his God therefore Abraham is still alive. Now, this is that life an immortality which are brought to light by the gospel. Stephen her shows that Moses was an eminent type of Christ, as he was Israel' deliverer. God has compassion for the troubles of his church, and the groans of his persecuted people; and their deliverance takes rise from his pity. And that deliverance was typical of what Christ did, when for us men, and for our salvation, he came down from heaven. Thi Jesus, whom they now refused, as their fathers did Moses, even thi same has God advanced to be a Prince and Saviour. It does not at all take from the just honour of Moses to say, that he was but a instrument, and that he is infinitely outshone by Jesus. In assertin that Jesus should change the customs of the ceremonial law. Stephen wa so far from blaspheming Moses, that really he honoured him, by showin how the prophecy of Moses was come to pass, which was so clear. God wh gave them those customs by his servant Moses, might, no doubt, chang the custom by his Son Jesus. But Israel thrust Moses from them, an would have returned to their bondage; so men in general will not obe Jesus, because they love this present evil world, and rejoice in their own works and devices.


Greek Textus Receptus


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Vincent's NT Word Studies

38.
Lively. Better, living, as Rev. Compare 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5.

Robertson's NT Word Studies

7:38 {In the
church in the wilderness} (en tei ekklesiai en tei eremwi). Better rendered "congregation" here as in #Heb 2:12 (#Ps 22:22), the people of Israel gathered at Mt. Sinai, the whole nation. Moses is here represented as receiving the law from an angel as in #Heb 2:2; Ga 3:19 (#De 33:2, LXX) and so was a mediator (mesites) or middle man between the angel and the people whereas Jesus is the Mediator of a better covenant (#Heb 8:6). But Exodus does not speak of an angel. {Living oracles} (logia zwnta). A logion is a little word (diminutive of logos). Common in the old Greek, LXX, Philo, in ecclesiastical writers for sayings of Christ, Papias (for instance) saying that Matthew wrote in Hebrew (Aramaic) "logia of Jesus." Oxyrhynchus papyri fragments called "logia of Jesus" are of much interest though only fragments. The Greeks used it of the "oracles" or brief sayings from Delphi. In the N.T. the word occurs only four times (#Ac 7:38; Ro 3:2; Heb 5:12; 1Pe 4:11). Here the participle zwnta, living, is the same used by Peter (#1Pe 2:4f.), stone (liqos) of Christ and Christians. The words from God to Moses are still "living" today. In #1Pe 4:11 the word is applied to one who speaks logia qeou (oracles of God). In #Ro 3:2 Paul refers to the substance of the law and of prophecy. In #Heb 5:12 the writer means the substance of the Christian religious teaching.


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