Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people, and together with the elders and the teachers of the law, they came and arrested him. They brought him before the council,
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11So they bribed some men to say, “We heard this man blaspheme Moses, and God too!”
Cross References
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of Gehenna.
Acts 4:1While they were talking to the people, the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them.
Acts 5:27The apostles were brought in and made to stand in front of the council.
Acts 14:2But the Jews that refused to believe in Jesus stirred up the feelings of the foreigners, and poisoned them against the believers.
Acts 17:5But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they formed a mob. They rioted in the town, and attacked Jason's house. They tried to find Paul and Silas so they could bring them before the people.
Acts 18:12However, during the time when Gallio was the governor of Achaia, the Jews united in an attack against Paul and brought him before the court.
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 →