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.
• 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.

Context of Acts 6:12

10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Ruach by whom he was speaking. 11Then they secretly instigated men into saying, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God!” They 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. 14For we have heard him saying that this Yeshua ha-Natzrati will destroy this place and change the customs that 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 they drove them out of their district.
• Acts 14:2But the Jewish people who would not believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 17:5But some of the Jewish people became jealous. Taking some wicked fellows of the marketplace and gathering a crowd, they stirred the city into an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to bring Paul and Silas out to the mob.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were about to be completed, the Jewish leaders from Asia saw Paul in the Temple and began stirring up the whole crowd. They grabbed him,
• Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
• Acts 4:1As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the kohanim and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them.
• Acts 5:18They grabbed the emissaries and put them in a public jail.
• Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of profit was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
• Acts 18:12But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders made a united attack against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
• Matthew 26:57Now those who had seized Yeshua led Him away to Caiaphas, the kohen gadol , where the Torah scholars and 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