Acts 6:13

And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

In Context

12And they excited the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and took him by violence, and brought him into the Sanhedrim.

14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

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Cross References

Acts 6:11Then they instigated men to say: We have heard him speak impious words against Moses, and against God.

Acts 21:28crying out: Men of Israel, help! this is the man who teaches all men every where against this people, and the law, and this place: and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

Hebrews 7:12It is evident that, when the priest hood is changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

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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