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Acts 6:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, ‘We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.’

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even though I was formerly a blasphemer,  a persecutor,  and an arrogant man.  But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,


And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, ‘Let us do what is evil so that good may come’?  Their condemnation is deserved!


When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove.


asking for a favour against Paul, that Festus summon him to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.


shouting, ‘Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.’


When they resisted and blasphemed,  he shook out his clothes  and told them, ‘Your blood is on your own heads!  I am innocent.  From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’


For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.’


They also presented false witnesses who said, ‘This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law.


They will do these things because they haven’t known   the Father or me.


We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man #– #we don’t know where he’s from.’


for the law was given through Moses;  grace and truth  came through Jesus Christ.


In all the synagogues I often punished them and tried to make them blaspheme.  Since I was terribly enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.


Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death;  the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident foreigner or the native.


‘You must not spread a false report. Do not join  the wicked to be a malicious witness.


Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, ‘This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.’


But when he was at the Benjamin Gate,  an officer of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended the prophet Jeremiah, saying, ‘You are defecting to the Chaldeans.’


But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.


They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.





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