Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?”
Acts 7:53 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) You received the law that was ordained through [the medium of] angels [See Gal. 3:19] and yet have not obeyed its requirements.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You who received the Law as it was ordained and set in order and delivered by angels, and [yet] you did not obey it! American Standard Version (1901) ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not. Common English Bible You received the Law given by angels, but you haven’t kept it.” Catholic Public Domain Version You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you have not kept it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. |
Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?”
This is the man who was with our forefathers and with the assembly [of Hebrews] in the wilderness [after] the angel had spoken to him at Mt. Sinai. He [is the one] who received the living messages [from God at Mt. Sinai] and gave them to us.
What then is [the benefit of] the Law of Moses? It was introduced [as part of God’s revelation] in order to define what sin was, until the seed [i.e., Jesus] would come, to whom the promise [of never ending life] was made. The Law of Moses was ordained through [the medium of] angels and [delivered] through the hand of an intermediary [i.e., Moses].
For not even those who practice circumcision comply with [the requirements of] the Law of Moses, yet they want you to be circumcised so they can take credit for this physical evidence [of your compliance with the Law of Moses].
For if the message spoken through angels proved to be binding [Note: This is a reference to the Law of Moses. See Acts 7:53; Gal. 3:19], and every violation [of it] and disobedience [to it] received a just penalty,