Acts 6:12

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

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

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Cross References

Matthew 5:22But I say to you that anyone who is angry at their brother or sister will be brought to trial; and whoever insults their brother or sister will be brought before the High Council, while whoever calls them a fool will be in danger of the fires of Gehenna.

Acts 4:1While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the chief priest, with the officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,

Acts 5:27and then brought them before the Council. The high priest demanded an explanation from them.

Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Lord’s followers.

Acts 17:5But the Jewish leaders, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;

Acts 18:12While Gallio was governor of Greece, some of the Jewish leaders made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor’s Bench,

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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