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Acts 7:53–54

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Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
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From verse 53

  1. Hebrews 2:2Rank 1 from verse 53
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    2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

  2. Galatians 3:19Rank 2 from verse 53
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    19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

  3. Acts 7:38Rank 3 from verse 53
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    38This 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:

  4. Deuteronomy 33:2Rank 4 from verse 53
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    2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

  5. John 7:19Rank 5 from verse 53
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

From verse 54

  1. Acts 5:33Rank 1 from verse 54
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    33¶ When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

  2. Psalms 35:16Rank 2 from verse 54
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    16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  3. Job 16:9Rank 3 from verse 54
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    9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  4. Luke 13:28Rank 4 from verse 54
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    28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  5. Matthew 13:50Rank 5 from verse 54
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    50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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Acts 7:53

COMBINED MEANING

received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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angels

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Sense 1: Messengers. Sense 2: Heavenly or spiritual messengers, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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Acts 7:54

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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teeth

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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

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54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

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55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

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