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Acts 6:12
12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.
Acts 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
- New International Version (NIV)So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
Context of Acts 6:12
10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. 11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God. And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council. 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; 14for we have heard him saying, This Jesus the Nazaraean shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses taught us.
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συνεκίνησάν τε τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς, καὶ ἐπιστάντες συνήρπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 6:12
- Acts 13:50But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.
- Acts 14:2But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of [those of] the nations and made [them] evil-affected against the brethren.
- Acts 17:5But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
- Acts 21:27And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,
- Proverbs 15:18A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
- Acts 5:18and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.
- Acts 16:19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;
- Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,
- Matthew 26:57Now they that had seized Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Commentaries on Acts 6:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And they - The Libertines, etc., mentioned before, stirred up the people - raised a mob against him, and, to assist and countenance the mob, got the elders and scribes to conduct it, who thus made themselves one with the basest of the people, whom they collected; and then, altogether, without law or form of justice, rushed on the good man, seized him, and brought him to a council who, though they sat in the seat of judgment, were ready for every evil work.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And they stirred up the people - They “excited” the people, or alarmed their fears, as had been done before when they sought to put the Lord Jesus to death, Matthew 27:20. The elders - The members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council. Scribes - See the notes on Matthew 2:4. To the council - To the Sanhedrin, or the Great Council of the nation, which claimed jurisdiction in the matters of religion. See the notes on Matthew 2:4.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
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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
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