Acts 6:11

Then they sent men, and instructed them to say: We have heard him speak words of blasphemy, against Moses and against God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

10And they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit that spoke by him.

12And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12And they assembled with the Elders, and held a council; and they gave no little money to the guards,

John 5:45Do ye suppose, that I shall accuse you before the Father? There is one that will accuse you, that Moses, on whom ye rely.

John 10:33The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.

Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place.

Acts 15:21For in every city, from former ages, Moses hath heralds in the synagogues, who read him 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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