Acts 7:53 Meaning and Explanation
“Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Acts 7:53 Mean?
The final thrust: the law came with heavenly glory, ministered through angels (Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2), and still it was not kept.
Privilege unkept becomes the charge against its holder. Possessing the word of God, even revering and defending it, is not the same as obeying it (James 1:22). Stephen ends his sermon where every honest hearing of Scripture ends: not with how much light we have received, but with what we have done with it.
Acts 7:53 in the Original Language
diatage (διαταγή), 'disposition' -- an ordering or arrangement; the law delivered through the ministry of angels.
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What does Acts 7:53 mean?
They received the law as delivered through angels, and have not kept it.