Act 7:30 | RWP | e4.org | Sentence begins with genitive absolute again. In a flame of fire in a bush ( εν φλογ πυρος βατου ). Horeb in ; but Sinai and Horeb were "probably peaks of one mountain range" (Page), Horeb "the mountain of the dried-up ground," Sinai "the mountain of the thorns." Literally, "in the flame of fire of a bush" (two genitives, πυρος and βατου dependent on φλογ , flame). Descriptive genitives as in ; . Βατος (bush) is the wild acacia ( mimosa nilotica ). In it is Jehovah who speaks. Hence "angel" here with Stephen is understood to be the Angel of the Presence, the Eternal Logos of the Father, the Angel of Jehovah.

‏ Acts 7:30

Sentence begins with genitive absolute again.

In a flame of fire in a bush ( εν φλογ πυρος βατου ). Horeb in Ex 3:1; but Sinai and Horeb were "probably peaks of one mountain range" (Page), Horeb "the mountain of the dried-up ground," Sinai "the mountain of the thorns." Literally, "in the flame of fire of a bush" (two genitives, πυρος and βατου dependent on φλογ, flame). Descriptive genitives as in 9:15; 2Th 1:8. Βατος (bush) is the wild acacia (mimosa nilotica). In Ex 3:20 it is Jehovah who speaks. Hence "angel" here with Stephen is understood to be the Angel of the Presence, the Eternal Logos of the Father, the Angel of Jehovah.