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Acts 6:12

And they aroused the people and the elders and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and led him to the council.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

In Context

11Then they secretly instigated men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

13And they put forward false witnesses saying, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:22But I say to you that whoever gets angry with his brother without cause will be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Empty-head!’ will be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘fool!’ will be in danger of hell fire.

Acts 4:1Now while they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 5:27And they brought them, and set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

Acts 14:2But the disbelieving Jews aroused and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Acts 17:5And the Jews who did not believe took some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, they threw the city into disorder, and came upon the house of Jason, and sought to bring them to the people.

Acts 18:12Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one purpose rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

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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