Acts 6:14

Acts 6:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
• New International Version (NIV)For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us."
• New King James Version (NKJV)for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”

Context of Acts 6:14

12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin. 13They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law. For we heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” 15And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Acts 6:14 word by word

ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἀλλάξει τὰ ἔθη ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• we have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• of Nazarethὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of NazarethΝαζωραῖοςNazōraios · NazarethG3480
• shall destroyκαταλύωkataluō · to destroy/lodgeG2647
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shall changeἀλλάσσωallassō · to changeG236
• the customsἔθοςethos · customG1485
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Acts 6:14

• Acts 25:8Then Paul made his defense: “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”
• Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?
• Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.”
• Jeremiah 26:6I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.’”
• Daniel 9:26After those sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the coming ruler will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
• Matthew 24:1As Jesus left and was going out of the temple, his disciples came up and called his attention to its buildings.
• Mark 14:58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another not made by hands.’”
• Luke 13:34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 21:6“These things that you see — the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”
• John 4:21Jesus told her, “Believe me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you; but he will give his servants another name.
• Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations — to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the coasts and islands far away — who have not heard about me or seen my glory. And they will proclaim my glory among the nations.
• Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

Commentaries on Acts 6:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Shall change - Shall abolish them, or shall introduce others in their place. The customs - The ceremonial rites and observances of sacrifices, festivals, etc., appointed by Moses.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 6:14

• Court
• Falsehood
• Government
• Greece
• Intolerance, Religious
• Jerusalem
• Law
• Perjury
• Persecution
• Priest
• Stephen

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Moses
• Nazareth
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Nazareth, Nazarene
• Catch
• Deacon
• Honest
• Ministration
• Stephen

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