Acts 6:13

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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

14for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses handed down to us.”

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Cross References

Acts 6:11Then they secretly instigated men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who is teaching all people everywhere against the people and the Law and this place; and furthermore he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

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

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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