Acts 6:11

Then they induced some men to say, “We heard Stephen speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

12They also stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. So they came up to Stephen, seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12After the chief priests had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers

John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

John 10:33The Jews answered him, “We are not going to stone yoʋ for any good work, but for blasphemy, because yoʋ, who are just a man, make yoʋrself out to be God.”

Acts 6:13Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.

Acts 15:21For from generations of old, Moses has had those who preach him in every city, because he is read 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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