Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the council,

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 suborned men, who said: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Acts 21:28crying out: Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place; and further also, he brought Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place.

Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there comes also a change of 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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