Acts 7:52-53
What is written? (ESV)
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.
What does it say?
Your fathers persecuted the prophets and killed those who announced the coming of the Righteous One [Jesus Christ], whom you now have betrayed and murdered. You are the very ones that received the law from angels but did not keep it.
What is its immediate context?
Stephen has been brought before the Jewish High Priest and council on charges of blasphemy against God and Moses (6:11). The entire chapter seven is his public defense before he is ultimately stoned to death.
How Acts 7:52-53 is applied across Bible answers
What is the effect of God’s word?
All of the prophets who spoke God's word were killed because of it.
Who are the messengers of God?
The Mosaic law was delivered by angels.
