English Standard Version
Acts 6:11
11Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Acts 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.”
Context of Acts 6:11
9Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 12And 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, 13and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
Read all of Acts 6Acts 6:11 word by word
Τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- they subornedὑποβάλλωhupoballō · to instigateG5260
- menἀνήρanēr · manG435
- which saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- We have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- blasphemousβλάσφημοςblasphēmos · blasphemousG989
- wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
- againstεἰςeis · towardG1519
- MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Acts 6:11
- Acts 23:12When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Acts 24:1And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 25:3asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
- 1 Kings 21:10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
- Matthew 28:12And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers
- John 16:3And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- Romans 3:8And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
- Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
- Acts 18:6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
- Acts 26:11And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
- Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
- John 10:33The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."
- 1 Timothy 1:13though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
- Acts 7:37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.'
- Acts 15:21For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."
Commentaries on Acts 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Then they suborned men - ̔ . They made underhand work; got associated to themselves profligate persons, who for money would swear any thing. Blasphemous words against Moses, and against God - This was the most deadly charge they could bring against him. We have already seen, Matthew 9:4, that blasphemy, when against God, signifies speaking impiously of his nature, attributes, or works; and, when against men, it signifies speaking injuriously of their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Then they suborned men - To suborn in law means to procure a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury (Webster). It has substantially this sense here. It means that they induced them to declare what was false, or to bring a false accusation against him. This was done, not by declaring a palpable and open falsehood, but by “perverting” his doctrines, and by stating their own “inferences” as what he had actually maintained - the common way in…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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