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Act 7:38. Οὗτος, this) Moses.-γενόμενος) Construed with μετά.-ἐν τῆ ἐκκλησίᾳ) It is not the people in this passage, but the congregation of the people, that is denoted.-μετὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου-καὶ τῶν πατέρων, with the angel-and the fathers) Therefore Moses was mediator. Stephen does not say, with the angels, but with the Angel, i.e. of the covenant.-ἐδέξατο, received) did not invent.-λόγια, words) oracles: λόγιον, a diminutive, on account of the brevity of the several enunciations. Every paragraph that begins with that formula, And the Lord spake unto Moses, is in itself a λόγιον. The Decalogue especially is referred to.-ζῶντα, living) Living is his expression, not life-giving. He praises the law. It is fiery: it is living; Deu 33:2.