Acts 6:13

and they put forward false witnesses who said: “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and 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 they stirred up the people, and the elders and the scribes; and coming upon him they seized him, and brought him in to the Sanhedrin;

14for we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Natsorean will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”

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Cross References

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

Acts 21:28shouting: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place!”

Hebrews 7:12(Because when the priesthood is changed there is also a change of law, of necessity.)

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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