Acts 7:53 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵³ You received the law that was ordained through [the medium of] angels [See Gal. 3:19] and yet have not obeyed its requirements.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵³ who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵³ 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)

⁵³ ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

Common English Bible

⁵³ You received the Law given by angels, but you haven’t kept it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you have not kept it."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵³ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Acts 7:53 Cross References

John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?”

Acts 7:38

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.

Galatians 3:19

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].

Galatians 6:13

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].

Hebrews 2:2

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,