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PARALLEL BIBLE - Acts 7:53


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King James Bible - Acts 7:53

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

World English Bible

You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"

Douay-Rheims - Acts 7:53

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

Webster's Bible Translation

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

Greek Textus Receptus


οιτινες
3748 R-NPM ελαβετε 2983 5627 V-2AAI-2P τον 3588 T-ASM νομον 3551 N-ASM εις 1519 PREP διαταγας 1296 N-APF αγγελων 32 N-GPM και 2532 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N εφυλαξατε 5442 5656 V-AAI-2P

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VERSE (53) -
Ex 19:1-20:26 De 33:2 Ps 68:17 Ga 3:19 Heb 2:2

SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:53

que recibisteis la ley por disposición de ángeles, y no la guardasteis.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 7:53

Verse 53. By the disposition of
angels] eiv diatagav aggelwn. After all that has been said on this difficult passage, perhaps the simple meaning is, that there were ranks, diatagai, 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 Psa. lxviii. 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, Gal. iii. 19, that it was ordained by angels, diatageiv diÆ aggelwn, 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 ii. 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.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 53. Who have received the law, by the disposition of
angels , etc.] 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, Hebrews 2:2) and certain it is, that there were great numbers of angels on Mount Sinai, when the law was given, ( Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalm 68:17) And so the Jews say f373 , 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 f374 , “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.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 51-53 -
Stephen was going on, it seems, to show that the temple and the templ service must come to an end, and it would be the glory of both to giv way to the worship of the Father in spirit and in truth; but he perceived they would not bear it. Therefore he broke off, and by the Spirit of wisdom, courage, and power, sharply rebuked his persecutors When plain arguments and truths provoke the opposers of the gospel they should be shown their guilt and danger. They, like their fathers were stubborn and wilful. There is that in our sinful hearts, whic always resists the Holy Ghost, a flesh that lusts against the Spirit and wars against his motions; but in the hearts of God's elect, when the fulness of time comes, this resistance is overcome. The gospel wa offered now, not by angels, but from the Holy Ghost; yet they did no embrace it, for they were resolved not to comply with God, either in his law or in his gospel. Their guilt stung them to the heart, and the sought relief in murdering their reprover, instead of sorrow an supplication for mercy.


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οιτινες
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Vincent's NT Word Studies

53. Who (oitinev). Stronger than the simple relative who, and emphasizing their
sin by contrast with their privileges: inasmuch as ye were those who received, etc.

By the disposition of angels (eiv diatagav aggelwn). Lit., unto ordinances of angels. Eijv means with reference to. Disposition (diatagh) is used by A.V. in the sense of arrangement, as we say a general disposed his troops. The word occurs only here and Rom. xiii. 2, where it is rendered ordinance. The kindred verb diatassw occurs often, mostly in the sense of command or appoint. See Matt. xi. 1; Luke iii. 13. In 1 Corinthians xi. 34, it is translated set in order. The reference is most probably to the Jewish tradition that the law was given through the agency of angels. See Deut. xxxii. 2. Compare Ps. lxviii. 17. Paul expressly says that the law was administered by the medium of angels (Galatians iii. 19). Compare the word spoken by angels (Heb. ii. 2). Render, therefore, as Rev., as it was ordained by angels.


Robertson's NT Word Studies

7:53 {Ye who} (hoitines). The very ones who, _quippe qui_, often in Acts when the persons are enlarged upon (#8:15; 9:35; 10:41,47). {As it was ordained by angels} (eis diatagas aggelwn). About angels see on ¯7:38. diatage (from diatassw, to arrange, appoint) occurs in late Greek, LXX, inscriptions, papyri, Deissmann, _Light from the Ancient East_, pp. 89ff., and in N.T. only here and #Ro 13:2. At (or as) the appointment of angels (cf. #Mt 10:41; 12:41 for this use of eis). {And kept it not} (kai ouk efulaxate). Like a whipcracker these words cut to the quick. They gloried in possessing the law and openly violated it (#Ro 2:23).


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