Acts 6:13

and they set up false witnesses; who said, This man is continually speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 they came upon him, and forced him along with them, and brought him to the council:

14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and change the rites which Moses delivered to us.

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Cross References

Acts 6:11Then they suborned men to say, we heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.

Acts 21:28this is the man that teaches all men every where against the people of the Jews, and the law, and this sacred place? and besides, hath brought Greeks too into the temple, and polluted this holy place.

Hebrews 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there is 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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