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,
• 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.
• 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 stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke. 11Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. 13They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. 14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down 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 Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
• Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 17:5But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
• Acts 4:1The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
• Acts 5:18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
• Acts 16:19When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
• Acts 18:12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.
• Matthew 26:57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had 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

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