Acts 7:53 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 7:53

you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

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ASV

ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Who have received the law by the disposition--"at the appointment" or "ordination," that is, by the ministry. of angels, and have not kept it--This closing word is designed to shut up those idolizers of the law under the guilt of high disobedience to it, aggravated by the august manner in which they had received it.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἵτινες	oitines	who	G3748 →
ἐλάβετε	elabete	received	G2983 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
εἰς	eis	by	G1519 →
διαταγὰς	diatagas	[the] ordination	G1296 →
ἀγγέλων	angelōn	of angels	G32 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐφυλάξατε.¶	ephulaxate	kept [it].	G5442 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 7:19
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
leads to
- John 1:17
  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Galatians 3:19
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:2
  For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
- Romans 7:7–13
  What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting…
- Galatians 3:16
  The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
Through
Hebrews 2:2
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
leads to
- Galatians 3:19
  Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
leads to
- Habakkuk 3:3
  God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Jude 1:14
  Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Revelation 5:11
  Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Acts