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Acts 7:53
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You shunned God's code deliberately, even though it was given to you from the very hands of angels."
you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it."
you who received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet did not observe it."
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it."
You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it."
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
and have not kept it.
you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."
Who haue receiued the Lawe by the disposition of Angels, and haue not kept it.
who received the Law by the disposition of angels and did not keep it .
Ye receaued the lawe by the mynistracion of angels, and haue not kepte it.
you, I say, who received the law by the administration of angels, but have not however observ'd it.
you who received the law as ordained and delivered to you by angels, and yet you did not obey it!"
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
And ye also have receaved a lawe by the ordinaunce of angels and have not kept it.
you who received the law as it was appointed by angels, and did not keep it.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].'
You received the law of Moses, which God gave you through his angels, but you haven't obeyed it."
You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."
Angels gave you God's Law, but you still don't obey it.
you! — who receive the Torah as having been delivered by angels — but do not keep it!"
you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
Which haue receiued the Lawe by the ordinance of Angels, and haue not kept it.
You received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
You received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you didn't obey it!"Exodus 20:1; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2;">[xr]
And you have received the law by the precept of angels. and have not kept it.
And ye have received the law by the ordination of angels, and have not kept it.
You deliberately disobeyed God's law, even though you received it from the hands of angels."
You had the Law given to you by angels. Yet you have not kept it."
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it."
Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers, - and guarded it not.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
you who received the law by directions of angels and have not observed it!"
Whiche also haue receaued the lawe, by the disposition of angels, and haue not kept it.
You are the people who received God's law, which he gave you through his angels. But you don't obey it!"
you who received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it."
You are the ones who received God's law, that was handed down by angels—yet you have not obeyed it!"
Whiche token the lawe in ordynaunce of aungels, and han not kept it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
have received: Exodus 19:1 - Exodus 20:26, Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalms 68:17, Galatians 3:19, Hebrews 2:2
and have: Ezekiel 20:18-21, John 7:19, Romans 2:23-25, Galatians 6:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:1 - General Ezekiel 44:8 - ye have not Acts 7:38 - with the Acts 22:23 - cast
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who have received the law, by the disposition of angels,.... Who attended the angel that spake to Moses on Mount Sinai, Acts 7:38 who is the head of all principality and power, and whom he might make use of in giving the law to Moses: hence the law is said to be ordained by angels, in the hand of a Mediator, and is called the word spoken by angels, Galatians 3:19 and certain it is, that there were great numbers of angels on Mount Sinai, when the law was given, Deuteronomy 33:2 And so the Jews say m, that
"when the holy blessed God descended on Mount Sinai, there came down with him many companies of angels, Michael and his company, and Gabriel and his company''
Indeed they often say n,
"the law was not given to the ministering angels:''
their meaning is, it was not given to them to observe and keep, because there are some things in it, which do not concern angels; but then it might be given to them to deliver to Moses, who gave it to the Israelites, and so may be said to receive it by the ministration of angels, through the hands of Moses. And now the law being given and received in so grand a manner, was an aggravation of the sin of the Jews in violating it, as it follows:
and have not kept it; but broke it in innumerable instances, and scarce kept it in any; for no man can keep it perfectly.
m Debarim Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 237. 3. n T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 25. 2. Yoma. fol. 30. 1. Kiddushin, fol. 54. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who have received the law - The Law of Moses, given on Mount Sinai.
By the disposition of angels - There has been much diversity of opinion in regard to this phrase, εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων eis diatagas angelōn. The word translated “disposition” does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. It properly means the “constituting” or “arranging” of an army; disposing it into ranks and proper divisions. Hence, it has been supposed to mean that the Law was given “amidst” the various ranks of angels, being present to witness its promulgation. Others suppose that the angels were employed as agents or instruments to communicate the Law. All that the expression fairly implies is the former; that the Law was given amidst the attending ranks of angels, as if they were summoned to witness the pomp and ceremony of giving “law” to an entire people, and through them to an entire world. It should be added, moreover, that the Jews applied the word “angels” to any messengers of God; to fire, and tempest, and wind, etc. And all that Stephen means here may be to express the common Jewish opinion that God was attended on this occasion by the heavenly hosts, and by the symbols of his presence, fire, and smoke, and tempest. Compare Psalms 104:4; Psalms 68:17. Other places declare that the Law was spoken by an angel, one eminent above all attending angels, the special messenger of God. See the notes on Acts 7:38. It is plain that Stephen spoke only the common sentiment of the Jews. Thus, Herod is introduced by Josephus (Antiq., book 15, chapter 5, section 3) as saying, “We have learned in God the most excellent of our doctrines, and the most holy part of our Law by angels,” etc. In the eyes of the Jews, it justly gave increased majesty and solemnity to the Law, that it had been given in so grand and imposing circumstances. It greatly aggravated their guilt that, notwithstanding this, they had not kept it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 53. By the disposition of angels — εις διαταγας αγγελων. After all that has been said on this difficult passage, perhaps the simple meaning is, that there were ranks, διαταγαι, of angels attending on the Divine Majesty when he gave the law: a circumstance which must have added greatly to the grandeur and solemnity of the occasion; and to this Psalms 68:17 seems to me most evidently to allude: The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even many thousands of angels: the Lord is among them as in SINAI, in the holy place. It was not then by the mouths nor by the hands of angels, as prime agents, that Moses, and through him the people, received the law; but God himself gave it, accompanied with many thousands of those glorious beings. As it is probable they might be assisting in this most glorious solemnity, therefore St. Paul might say, Galatians 3:19, that it was ordained by angels, διαταγεις δι αγγελων, in the hand of a Mediator. And as they were the only persons that could appear, for no man hath seen God at any time, therefore the apostle might say farther, (if indeed he refers to the same transaction, see the note there,) the word spoken by angels was steadfast, Hebrews 2:2. But the circumstances of this case are not sufficiently plain to lead to the knowledge of what was done by the angels in this most wonderful transaction; only we learn, from the use made of this circumstance by St. Stephen, that it added much to the enormity of their transgression, that they did not keep a law, in dispensing of which the ministry of angels had been employed. Some think Moses, Aaron, and Joshua are the angels here intended; and others think that the fire, light, darkness, cloud and thick darkness were the angels which Jehovah used on this occasion, and to which St. Stephen refers; but neither of these senses appears sufficiently natural, and particularly the latter.
