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 he that was in the church, х en (G1722) tee (G3588) ekkleesia (G1577)] - the collective body of God's chosen people viewed as 'assembled' from time to time for public religions purposes: hence, it has come to denote the whole body of the faithful under the Gospel, or particular sections of them.
In the wilderness with the Angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers. As to this "Angel," see the note at Acts 7:30.
Who received the lively oracles, х logia (G3051) zoonta (G2198)] - or 'living oracles;' not meaning in the first instance, 'life-giving oracles,' but 'living' in opposition whether to the pretended oracles of the pagan, or to a mere dead letter; hence, 'efficacious,' 'vitalizing,'
To give unto us. Here Stephen represents Moses as alike near to the angel, from whom he received all the institutions of the ancient economy, and to the people, to whom he faithfully reported the living oracles as he received them, and among whom he as faithfully set up the divine institutions. The reader will observe how, in bearing this high testimony to Moses, Stephen incidentally rebuts the main charge for which he was now on trial-that of disparaging Moses and the law; although, as already observed, he so rises above himself throughout. that to vindicate the ways of God against those who had all along misunderstood and sought to thwart them, appears to be his one object.