⁵²^hWhich of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of ⁱthe Just One; of whom ^kye have been now the betrayers and murderers: ⁵³Who have received the law ^lby the disposition of angels, and have not ^mkept it.

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Footnotes

hSee 2 Chr. 36:16. & Matt. 21:35.
iSee ch. 3:14.
kSee ch. 5:28.
l Gal. 3:19. So Deut. 33:2. Heb. 2:2. Comp. ver. 38.

Cross references

m Luke 11:28.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered. You deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand about the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become, you who received the law by directions of angels and have not observed it!”