Act 7:53 | RWP | e4.org | Ye who ( οιτινες ). The very ones who, quippe qui , often in Acts when the persons are enlarged upon ( ; ; , ). As it was ordained by angels ( εις διαταγας αγγελων ). About angels see on . Διαταγη (from διατασσω , to arrange, appoint) occurs in late Greek, LXX, inscriptions, papyri, Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East , pp. 89ff., and in N.T. only here and . At (or as) the appointment of angels (cf. ; for this use of εις ). And kept it not ( κα ουκ εφυλαξατε ). Like a whipcracker these words cut to the quick. They gloried in possessing the law and openly violated it ( ).

‏ Acts 7:53

Ye who ( οιτινες ). The very ones who, quippe qui, often in Acts when the persons are enlarged upon (8:15; 9:35; 10:41, 47).

As it was ordained by angels ( εις διαταγας αγγελων ). About angels see on 7:38. Διαταγη (from διατασσω, to arrange, appoint) occurs in late Greek, LXX, inscriptions, papyri, Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, pp. 89ff., and in N.T. only here and Ro 13:2. At (or as) the appointment of angels (cf. Mt 10:41; 12:41 for this use of εις ).

And kept it not ( κα ουκ εφυλαξατε ). Like a whipcracker these words cut to the quick. They gloried in possessing the law and openly violated it (Ro 2:23).