“Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
'You who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it' - Stephen completes his indictment with a final charge: the Sanhedrin has received the law ('the law that was given through angels,' ton nomon diatageisanta di angelōn) through the highest authority (angels mediate the divine word), yet they have failed to obey it. This is the ultimate irony: you possess God's word but reject it. You boast of the law, but the law condemns you, for it testifies to the prophets you killed and to the Messiah you murdered.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:53
who have received the Law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept it. Acts 7:52 How, By the disposition of Angels? Some say (The Law), disposed by Angels; or, put into his hand by the Angel Who appeared to him in the bush; for was He man? No wonder that He who wrought those works, should also have wrought these. You slew them who preached of Him, much more Himself. He shows them disobedient both to God, and to Angels, and the Prophets, and the Spirit, and to all: as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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