Acts 6:13

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words (o. rhema) against this holy place, and the law:

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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 caught him, and brought him to 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 us.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 56:5Every day they shift 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 (o. rhema) against Moses, and against God.

Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and has polluted 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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