Galatians 3:19
Galatians 3:1919Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
Cited to show that angels were the ones who transmitted the Law at Sinai, which supports the Watchtower's reading of the Angel of the Lord passages as ordinary angelic agency. If angels handled the Law, then the figure who spoke to Moses need be no more than a created messenger bearing Jehovah's name.
Paul does say the Law was transmitted through angels, and Stephen says something similar at . That is real and should be granted. What it does not settle is the identity of the one who spoke from the bush and from the mountain, because Exodus distinguishes the two. The Law's delivery involved angelic mediation; the Angel of is described in terms no ordinary angel fits. He will not pardon transgression — forgiveness of sin being God's alone (, ). He is owed absolute obedience under judgment. And the reason given is "my name is in him." Compare that with how genuine angels behave when honour is misdirected to them: , where John is told sharply to stop. So establishes angelic involvement in the Law's transmission without touching the harder question. Do not let the two be run together, and be honest that this verse does not help the Trinitarian case — it simply does not damage it either. Compare , .