Acts 6:11

Then they induced some men to assert that they had heard Stephen saying blasphemous things against Moses, and against God;

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Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

In Context

10yet they were quite unable to withstand the wisdom and the inspiration with which he spoke.

12and they stirred up the people, as well as the elders and the teachers of the Law, and set on Stephen, and arrested him, and brought him before the High Council.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12So they and the elders met and, after holding a consultation, gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

John 10:33“It is not for any good action that we would stone you,” they answered, “but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God.”

Acts 6:13There they produced witnesses who gave false evidence. “This man,” they said, “is incessantly saying things against this holy place and the Law;

Acts 15:21For in every town, for generations past, there have been those who preach Moses, read as he is in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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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