Acts 7:53

ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it .

In Context

52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

54But when they heard these things, their hearts were filled with rage, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

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Cross References

Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are myriads, yea, thousands of thousands; The Lord is in the midst of them, as upon Sinai, in the sanctuary.

John 7:19Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?

Romans 2:23Dost thou who boastest of the Law, dishonor God by breaking the Law?

Galatians 6:13For not even do they who become circumcised themselves keep the Law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:52-54

Stephen's Address. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Stephen was going on in his discourse (as it should seem by the thread of it) to show that, as the temple,… Read the whole commentary →

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