Acts 6:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ They had arranged for the false witnesses to say, “This man will not stop speaking against the Temple and the Law of Moses,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And they brought forward false witnesses who asserted, This man never stops making statements against this sacred place and the Law [of Moses];

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

Common English Bible

¹³ Before the council, they presented false witnesses who testified, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said: "This man does not cease to speak words against the holy place and the law.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.

Acts 6:13 Cross References

Matthew 24:15

“Therefore, when you see that disgusting thing which causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman armies. See Luke 21:20], which Daniel the prophet spoke about [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11], standing in the sacred place [i.e., Jerusalem and especially the Temple area], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]),

Matthew 26:59

Now the leading priests and the entire Council [called “the Sanhedrin”] looked for false witnesses [to testify] against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.

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 25:8

Paul replied in his defense, “I have not committed any sin against the law of the Jews, nor against the Temple, nor against Caesar.”

Acts 6:11

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

Acts 7:58

They threw him out of the city and stoned him [to death]. Those who witnessed [the incident] placed their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Hebrews 7:12

For with the changing of the priesthood, it was necessary for a change to be made in the law also.