Acts 6:13

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

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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 the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

14For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Psalms 56:5\56:4\In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

Acts 6:11Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

Hebrews 7:12Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in 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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