Acts 6:13

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Berean Standard Bible

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

12So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

Hebrews 7:12For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

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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