Acts 6:12

The elders and the scribes rushed upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the Sanhedrin.

Montgomery New Testament

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 instigated some to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemy against Moses and against God;" and in this way they excited the people.

13They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:22but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother’Raca,’ shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

Acts 4:1While they were addressing the people the priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 5:27So they brought them, and stood them before the Sanhedrin. Then the high priest questioned them.

Acts 14:2But the disobedient Jews stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and embittered them against them against the brothers.

Acts 17:5But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill- favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal.

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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