Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

In Context

12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

14for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 56:5All the day long they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

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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