Acts 6:14

For we have heard him saying that this Yehoshua from Natzeret will destroy this place + 6:14 the Beis Hamikdash and will change the chukim of the Torah which Moshe Rabbenu handed down to us.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

In Context

13And edei sheker (false witnesses) swore falsely, saying, This man is not ceasing to speak words keneged (against) Makom HaKadosh HaZeh and the Torah. + 6:13 Ex 23:1; Ps 27:12

15And having stared intently at him, all the ones sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his ponem looking like the face of a malach.

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:1Thus saith Hashem: 1 HaShomayim is My kisse, 1 and ha'aretz is My footstool; 1 where is the Beis that ye build for Me? 1 And where is the Makom of My Menuchah? 1

Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in divrei hasheker (lying words, words of falsehood), saying, This is the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem.

Jeremiah 26:12Then spoke Yirmeyah unto all the sarim and to kol HaAm, saying, Hashem sent me to prophesy against this Bais and against this city all the Devarim that ye have heard.

Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two heptads, yikaret (will be cut off) Moshiach, + 9:26 Isa 53:8 but not for himself; + 9:26 Isa 53:4-6,8 and the troops of the coming nagid shall destroy the Ir and the Kodesh [Beis Hamikdash]; + 9:26 i.e., 70.C.E and the end thereof shall come with a flood, and unto the end there shall be war. Desolations are determined.

Micah 3:12Therefore because of you, Tziyon shall be plowed as a sadeh, 1 and Yerushalayim shall become a rubble heap, 1 and the Har HaBeis + 3:12 HaMikdash, i.e., the Temple Mount shall become a mound of scrubs.

Zechariah 14:2For I will gather kol HaGoyim against Yerushalayim for milchamah (battle, war); and HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) shall be taken, and the batim (houses) plundered, and the women ravished; and half of HaIr shall go forth into the Golus (exile), and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from HaIr.

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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