Acts 6:12

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.

Context of Acts 6:12

10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 11Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 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, 13and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, 14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us."

Acts 6:12 word by word

συνεκίνησάν τε τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς, καὶ ἐπιστάντες συνήρπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• they stirred upσυγκινέωsugkineō · to stir upG4787
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• the scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• came uponἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186
• caughtσυναρπάζωsunarpazō · to seizeG4884
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• broughtἄγωagō · to bringG71
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the councilσυνέδριονsunedrion · councilG4892

Cross-references for Acts 6:12

• Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
• Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 17:5But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
• Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
• Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
• Acts 5:18they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.
• Acts 16:19But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
• Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
• Matthew 26:57Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

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

Topics related to Acts 6:12

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

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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