Acts 7:53
“Who haue receiued the Lawe by the disposition of Angels, and haue not kept it.”
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Acts 7:53 Context
51¶ Ye stifnecked and vncircumcised in heart, and eares, ye doe alwayes resist the holy Ghost? as your fathers did, so doe ye. 52Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slaine them which shewed before of the comming of the Iust one, of whom ye haue bene now the betrayers and murderers: 53Who haue receiued the Lawe by the disposition of Angels, and haue not kept it. 54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55But hee being full of the holy Ghost, looked vp stedfastly into heauen, and saw the glory of God, and Iesus standing on the right hand of God,
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Other Translations for Acts 7:53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
- King James Version
you who received the law as ordained by angels, and {yet} did not keep it."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
- Basic English Bible
who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
- Darby Bible
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
- Webster's Bible
you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."
- Weymouth Bible
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it!"
- World English Bible
Whiche token the lawe in ordynaunce of aungels, and han not kept it.
- Wycliffe Bible
who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 7:53
7:53 Who have received the law by the administration of angels - God, when he gave the law on Mount Sinai, was attended with thousands of his angels, #Gal 3:19|; #Psa 68:17|.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 7:53
Ac 7:53 Received the law by the disposition of angels. Through the ministration of angels. See De 29:29. Have not kept [it]. Pretending to be very scrupulous observers of the law, they were wicked law-breakers.