Acts 7:53
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
מַעֲרָךְ
maʻărâk
an arrangement, i.e. (figuratively) mental disposition
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעֲרָךְ maʻărâk
an arrangement, i.e. (figuratively) mental disposition
Study H4633 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
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.
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:
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.
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
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