Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” New Living Translation So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” English Standard Version Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” Berean Standard Bible Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” Berean Literal Bible Then they suborned men, saying, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God." King James Bible Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. New King James Version Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” New American Standard Bible Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” NASB 1995 Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” NASB 1977 Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” Legacy Standard Bible Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” Amplified Bible Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, “We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God.” Christian Standard Bible Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!” American Standard Version Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they sent men and instructed them to say, “We have heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” Contemporary English Version So they talked some men into saying, "We heard Stephen say terrible things against Moses and God!" Douay-Rheims Bible Then they suborned men to say, they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God. English Revised Version Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they bribed some men to lie. These men said, "We heard him slander Moses and God." Good News Translation So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!" International Standard Version So they secretly got some men to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God." Literal Standard Version then they suborned men, saying, “We have heard him speaking slanderous sayings in regard to Moses and God.” Majority Standard Bible Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” New American Bible Then they instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” NET Bible Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God." New Revised Standard Version Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” New Heart English Bible Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." Webster's Bible Translation Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. Weymouth New Testament Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God." World English Bible Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” Young's Literal Translation then they suborned men, saying -- 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Arrest of Stephen…10but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. 11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” 12So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,… Cross References Exodus 23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. 1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, 'You have cursed both God and the king!' Then take him out and stone him to death." Jeremiah 26:11 Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, "This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!" Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans!" Acts 6:10 but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. Acts 6:12 So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin, Treasury of Scripture Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. they. Acts 23:12-15 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul… Acts 24:1-13 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul… Acts 25:3,7 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him… blasphemous. Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: Acts 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. Acts 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. against Moses. Acts 7:37-39 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear… Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Acts 21:20-22,28 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: … Jump to Previous Blasphemous Blasphemy Declared Evil Forward God Heard Hearing Induced Instigated Moses Persuaded Privately Regard Sayings Secretly Speak Stephen WordsJump to Next Blasphemous Blasphemy Declared Evil Forward God Heard Hearing Induced Instigated Moses Persuaded Privately Regard Sayings Secretly Speak Stephen WordsActs 6 1. The apostles, desirous to have the poor cared for, 2. as also careful themselves to dispense the word of God, the food of the soul, 3. recommend, 5. and with the church's consent ordain seven chosen men to the office of deaconship. 7. The word of God prevails, 8. Stephen, full of faith and the Holy Spirit, confuting those with whom he disputed, 12. is brought before the council, 13. and falsely accused of blasphemy against the law and the temple. (11) Blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.--The words indicate with sufficient clearness the nature of Stephen's teaching. The charge was a false one, but its falsehood was a distortion of the truth, as that against our Lord had been. He was accused of blasphemy in calling Himself the Son of God; making Himself equal with God (Matthew 26:63; John 5:18); threatening to destroy the Temple (Matthew 26:61)--each of the counts in the indictment resting on words that He had actually spoken. And Stephen, in like manner, was charged with offences for which there must have seemed colourable ground. He had taught, we must believe, that the days of the Temple were numbered; that with its fall the form of worship of which it was the representative would pass away, that the Law given by Moses was to make way for the higher revelation in Christ, and the privileges of the elect nation to be merged in the blessings of the universal Church. In this case, accordingly, the antagonism comes, not only or chiefly, as in the previous chapters, from the Sadducean high priests and their followers, but from the whole body of scribes and people. Pharisees and Sadducees, Hebrews and Hellenistae, are once more brought into coalition against the new truth.Verse 11. - Then they suborned, etc. The resource of those who are worsted in argument is violence or treachery. Blasphemous words against Moses. It must be remembered that at this time the whole Jewish people were in a state of ill-suppressed frenzy and most sensitive jealousy for the honor of the Mosaic institutions - feelings which broke out in constant revolts against the Roman power. The accusation against the apostles of speaking blasphemies against Moses was therefore the most likely one they could have pitched upon to stir up ill will against them. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThenΤότε (Tote) Adverb Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that. they prompted ὑπέβαλον (hypebalon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 5260: From hupo and ballo; to throw in stealthily, i.e. Introduce by collusion. [some] men ἄνδρας (andras) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. to say, λέγοντας (legontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “We heard Ἀκηκόαμεν (Akēkoamen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear. [Stephen] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. speak λαλοῦντος (lalountos) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. words ῥήματα (rhēmata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 4487: From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever. of blasphemy βλάσφημα (blasphēma) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 989: Slanderous; subst: a blasphemer. From a derivative of blapto and pheme; scurrilious, i.e. Calumnious, or impious. against εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Moses Μωϋσῆν (Mōusēn) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3475: Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [against] God.” Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Links Acts 6:11 NIVActs 6:11 NLT Acts 6:11 ESV Acts 6:11 NASB Acts 6:11 KJV Acts 6:11 BibleApps.com Acts 6:11 Biblia Paralela Acts 6:11 Chinese Bible Acts 6:11 French Bible Acts 6:11 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 6:11 Then they secretly induced men to say (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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