In the church in the wilderness (εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω). Better rendered "congregation" here as in Heb 2:12 ([Reference Psalm…

In the church. The word church literally means the people called out. It is applied very appropriately to the assembly o…

That was in the church in the wilderness.—The word ecclesia is used, as it had been in the Septuagint ([Reference Deutero…

Though Moses had brought them out of Egypt, they were not obedient to him, and they wanted to go back to the land of bondage.

And, ah! brothe…

Tension is now beginning to build up in Stephen’s speech. Starting from the rather placid historical narrative of vv.2–34 and moving to the more st…

Stephen proceeds to set forth the perversity of the people, who though they were stirred up by so many benefits from God, yet they never ceased mal…

This is he that was in the church in the wilderness
Which must be understood of the children of Israel, who were the…

People deceive themselves if they think God cannot do what He sees to be good anywhere; He can bring His people into a wilderness and there speak c…