Acts 6:11

Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

In Context

10And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

12And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:10And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.

Matthew 28:12And after assembling with the elders, and having taken consultation, they gave many silver pieces to the soldiers, saying,

John 5:45Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped.

John 10:33The Jews answered him, saying, We stone thee not about a good work, but about blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, make thyself God.

Acts 6:13And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.

Acts 15:21For Moses from generations past, has from city to city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.

Matthew Henry on Acts 6:9-15

Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the… Read the whole commentary →

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