Acts 7:53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
KJV
οἵτινες ἐλάβετε τὸν νόμον εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξατε.
Greek NT
qui accepistis legem in dispositione angelorum, et non custodistis.
Vulgate
ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
ASV
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διαταγή
diatage
noun · 2×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
φυλάσσω
phulasso
verb · 31×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§332Angels have been present since creation and throughout the history of salvation, announcing this salvation from afar or near and serving the accomplishment of the divine plan: they closed the earthly paradise; protected Lot; saved Hagar and her child; stayed Abraham's hand; communicated the law by their ministry; led the People of God; announced births and callings; and assiste…
1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…
Chapter 15.—Of the Ministry of the Holy Angels, by Which They Fulfill the Providence of God. And so it has pleased Divine Providence, as I have said, and as we read in the Acts of the Apostles,409409 Acts vii. 53. that the law enjoining the worship of one God should be given by the disposition of angels. But among them the person of God Himself visibly appeared, not, indeed, in…
Cross-references
- Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- Deut 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Deut 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Gal 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Gal 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Gal 6:13 — For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- John 7:19 — Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?