Tree of Life Version
Acts 6:11
11Then they secretly instigated men into saying, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against 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.”
- 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—both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and Asia—stood up and began arguing with Stephen. 10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Ruach by whom he was speaking. Then they secretly instigated men into saying, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God!” 12They also incited the people, the elders, and the Torah scholars; and they rushed at Stephen, seized him, and led him away to the Sanhedrin. 13They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.
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 Judean leaders formed a conspiracy. They bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Acts 24:1After five days, the kohen gadol Ananias came down with some of the elders and an attorney named Tertullus. They brought formal charges against Paul before the governor.
- Acts 25:3asking a favor—to have Paul sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the road.
- 1 Kings 21:10Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let them testify against him saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Matthew 26:59Now the ruling kohanim and all the Sanhedrin kept trying to get false testimony against Yeshua so they could put Him to death.
- Matthew 28:12And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of silver to the soldiers,
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have never known the Father or Me.
- Romans 3:8And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come” — just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved!
- Acts 6:13They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.
- Acts 18:6But when they resisted and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said, “Your blood be upon your own heads—I am clean! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Acts 26:11I tried to cause them to blaspheme by punishing them often in the synagogues. In furious rage against them, I persecuted them even in foreign cities.
- Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the Name of Adonai must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must stone him. The outsider as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, is to be put to death.
- John 10:33The Judean leaders answered, “We aren’t stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy. Though You are a man, You make Yourself God!”
- 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. Yet I was shown mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
- Acts 7:37This is the Moses who said to Bnei-Yisrael, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
- Acts 15:21For Moses from ancient generations has had in every city those who proclaim him, since he is read in all the synagogues every Shabbat.”
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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