“ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. ”
Who have received the law - The Law of Moses, given on Mount Sinai. By the disposition of angels - There has been much diversity of opinion in regard to this phrase, εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλω...
Who have received the law by the (y) disposition of angels, and have not kept [it]. (y) By the ministry of angels.
have. Omit. by . unto. Greek. eis. App-104. disposition. Greek. diatage. Only here and Romans 13:2 . The Syriac reads, "by the precept". Compare Acts 7:38 and Galatians 1:3 ; Galatian...
53. Who have received the law. They called that fury wherewith they raged against Stephen zeal of the law, as if he had been a forsaker of the law, and a revolt (470) and had enforced other...
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it . By the disposition of angels - Εις διαταγας αγγελων. After all that has been said on this difficult passage, perhaps th...
Ye stiff-necked, &c.— "Thus have I given you a brief account of the various periods of revelation, or the several dispensations of God to man, from the time in which Abraham, our renowned ances...
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Who have received , х Hoitines ( G3748 ) elabete ( G2983 )] - rather 'Who [are the parties that] received...
Defence and Martyrdom of Stephen 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech d...
Who have received... — More accurately, who received. By the disposition of angels. — Better, as ordained of angels; or, more literally, as ordinances of angels. The Greek preposition cann...
a Martyr's Glorious Death Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened th...
The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
Who have received the law, by the disposition of angels ,.... Who attended the angel that spake to Moses on Mount Sinai, Acts 7:38 who is the head of all principality and power, and whom he might...
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it . Ver. 53. And have not kept it ] The Jews were so far from being a law to themselves, αυτονομοι (as the Thracians ar...
Ye stiff-necked , &c. Stephen, finding by a confused murmur in the place that they understood whither his discourse tended, and perceiving by the eagerness of their countenances that they would...
The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
Stephen's Address. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,...
The disposition of angels: or ministry of angels; the commandments were published from them ministerially; or the Son of God, (called an Angel, Acts 7:35 ), accompanied with the militia of heave...
Reply to the Charge of Speaking Against the Law and the Temple (7:44-53). Having been accused of speaking against the Law Stephen defends himself by speaking in favour of the oracles of God and po...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:1 . The high priest’s question, Are these things so? analogous to that put to Christ ( Matthew 26:62 ), was equivalent to a modern “Guilty or not guilty?” Acts 7:2 . C...
angels ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of...
The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shou...
Then said the high priest, Are these things so? The high priest and his question This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaphas. The ex-officio president of the council called...
EXPOSITION Acts 7:1 And the high priest said for then said the high priest, A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1-44 . Acts 9:1 and Matthew 26:62 )....
The peroration:
Deuteronomy 33:2 ; Exodus 20:26 ; Ezekiel 20:18-21 ; Galatians 3:19 ; Galatians 6:13 ; Hebrews 2:2 ; John 7:19 ; Psalms 68:17 ; Romans 2:23-25
Stephen's Last Words and Martyrdom Acts 7:44-60 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44-50 ). 1. The fathers...
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, Galatians 3:19 ; Psalms 68:17 .