Acts 6:13

Acts 6:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
• New International Version (NIV)They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
• New King James Version (NKJV)They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

Context of Acts 6:13

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, where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. 14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” 15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Acts 6:13 word by word

ἔστησάν τε μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς λέγοντας· ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐ παύεται λαλῶν ῥήματα κατὰ τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ἁγίου τούτου καὶ τοῦ νόμου·Read the interlinear

• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• they presentedἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• falseψευδήςpseudēs · falseG5571
• witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• never stopsοὐou · noG3756
• never stopsπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• speakingλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• speakingῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• againstκατάkata · according toG2596
• holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551

Cross-references for Acts 6:13

• Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

Commentaries on Acts 6:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Against this holy place - The temple, that it shall be destroyed. And the law - That it cannot give life, nor save from death. It is very likely that they had heard him speak words to this amount, which were all as true as the spirit from which they proceeded; but they gave them a very false colouring, as we see in the succeeding verse.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And set up false witnesses - It has been made a question why these persons are called “false” witnesses, since it is supposed by many that they reported merely the “words” of Stephen. It may be replied that if they did report merely his “words”; if Stephen had actually said what they affirmed, yet they perverted his meaning. They accused him of “blasphemy”; that is, of calumnious and reproachful words against Moses and against God That Stephen had spoken…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no greater number of religious persons have been murdered in the world, by the way of perjury and pretence of law, when so many thousands hate them, who make no conscience of false oaths. Wisdom and holiness make a man's face to shine, yet will not secure men…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-15The Jewish leaders did to Stephen as they had done to Jesus (compare Matthew 26:3–4, 59–66): They found someone to lie about him, they accused him of blasphemy (saying offensive things about God), they started a riot, they arrested him, and they made false charges against him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1411-14. blasphemous words against Moses--doubtless referring to the impending disappearance of the whole Mosaic system. and against God--This must refer to the supreme dignity and authority which he claimed for Christ, as the head of that new economy which was so speedily to supersede the old (compare Ac 7:56, 59, 60).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 6:13

• Accusation, False
• Blasphemy
• Church
• Court
• False Teachers
• Falsehood
• Government
• Greece
• Indictments
• Intolerance, Religious
• Jerusalem
• Perjury
• Persecution
• Priest
• Stephen
• Witness

In the dictionaries

• Holy place
• Catch
• Deacon
• Honest
• Martyr
• Ministration
• Stephen
• Acts of the Apostles
• Church Government
• Deacon; Deaconess

Commentaries on Acts 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings