Acts 6:11

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Context of Acts 6:11

9But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. 10But they were unable to cope with his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking. Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away, and brought him before the Council. 13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking against this holy place and the Law;

Acts 6:11 word by word

Τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν·Read the interlinear

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• they secretlyὑποβάλλωhupoballō · to instigateG5260
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• We have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• him speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• blasphemousβλάσφημοςblasphēmos · blasphemousG989
• wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• againstεἰςeis · towardG1519
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• and Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Acts 6:11

• Acts 23:12When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
• Acts 24:1Now after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges against Paul to the governor.
• Acts 25:3requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
• 1 Kings 21:10and seat two worthless men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the entire Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
• Matthew 28:12And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
• John 16:3These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me.
• Romans 3:8And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is deserved.
• Acts 6:13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking against this holy place and the Law;
• Acts 18:6But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
• Acts 26:11And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
• Leviticus 24:16Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The stranger as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
• John 10:33The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
• Acts 7:37This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen.’
• Acts 15:21For from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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

Topics related to Acts 6:11

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

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• Acts of the Apostles
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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