Acts 7:53

the-who take the law into set-throughs of{messengers} and do_not_guard."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

52Whom[?] of{the prophets} the fathers of{you} do_not_chase[?], and they-kill-off/away the message[ing]-before-according-to about of{the will-come-sis[i.e. state of future coming]} of{the just}, of{whom} now you have-become betrayers and murderers,

54Moreover, hearing the-same, they-have-been-being-sawed/ground[teeth]-through to{the hearts} of{same} and have-been-gnashing the teeth upon same.

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Cross References

John 7:19Not[?] Moses has-given to{you} the law[?], and not-one out of{you} is-doing the law. What[?] you-are-seeking me to-kill-off/away[?]"

Romans 2:23who in to{law} are-boasting, through of{the step-aside-sis[i.e. state of stepping aside]/transgression} of{the law}, you-are-un-value-izing the God,

Galatians 6:13for neither the[plural] same being-circumcised are-guarding law; contrariwise, they-are-will-ing you to-be-being-circumcised, in-which-place in to{the your flesh} they-may-boast.

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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