“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:”
'You who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it' - Stephen indicts the Sanhedrin for receiving 'the law' (didachē) through angelic mediation but failing to obey it. The reference to angels reflects rabbinic tradition (cf. Galatians 3:19) that the Torah was mediated by angels. Possession of the law without obedience is the double condemnation: you have the word but reject it.
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