Acts 6:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ Then they enlisted men to say [i.e., to testify falsely against Stephen, verse 13], “We heard him criticizing Moses and [even] God.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ So they [secretly] instigated and instructed men to say, We have heard this man speak, using slanderous and abusive and blasphemous language against Moses and God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then they secretly enticed some people to claim, “We heard him insult Moses and God.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Then they suborned men who were to claim that they had heard him speaking words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.

Acts 6:11 Cross References

1 Timothy 1:13

[even] though I had previously spoken against Christ, and persecuted [Christians] and acted outrageously. However, I obtained mercy because I acted out of ignorance, not believing [in Christ].

Romans 3:8

And why should we not say, “Let us do what is wrong so something good will come from it,” as some people slanderously claim that we are saying? These people deserve to be condemned.

Acts 25:7

When Paul appeared, the [Jewish] leaders who had accompanied Festus down from Jerusalem gathered around him and brought many serious charges against him, which they were not able to prove.

Acts 25:3

to do them a favor by having Paul brought [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.

Acts 21:28

shouting, “[You] Israelites, help [us]! This man is teaching people everywhere [to be] against our people [i.e., the Jews], the Law of Moses and this place [i.e., the Temple]; and in addition to that he has also brought Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] into the Temple and has [thereby] contaminated this holy place.”

Acts 18:6

When the Jews resisted [Paul’s efforts] and spoke against him and his message, he shook out his clothing [i.e., an expression of rejection and contempt] and said to them “Let your blood be on your own heads [i.e., you are responsible for whatever harm comes from your action]; I am not responsible. From now on I will go [and preach] to the Gentiles [only].”

Acts 15:21

[For] every city has had for many generations people who proclaim [the teaching of] Moses, reading [his writings] in the synagogues every Sabbath day.”

Acts 6:13

They had arranged for the false witnesses to say, “This man will not stop speaking against the Temple and the Law of Moses,

John 16:3

And they will do these things because they have not known [either] the Father or me.

John 9:29

We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not [even] know where he came from.”

John 1:17

For the Law was given through Moses; [but] God’s favor and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:11

I often persecuted them in the synagogues, [even] trying to get them to blaspheme [i.e., speak against God]. I had extreme anger toward them and [even] traveled to foreign cities [in my effort] to persecute them.

Acts 6:10

But they could not stand up to the wisdom and [power of] the Holy Spirit by which Stephen spoke.

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the teachers of the Law of Moses and searched for him, seized him and brought him before the Council.