'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.

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