Acts 6:13

New International Reader's Version

They found witnesses who were willing to tell lies. These liars said, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place. He also speaks against the law.

Cross References

Psalm 27:12

My enemies want to harm me. So don’t turn me over to them. Witnesses who tell lies are rising up against me. They say all sorts of evil things about me.

Psalm 35:11

Mean people come forward to speak against me. They ask me things I don’t know anything about.

Psalm 56:5

All day long they twist my words. They are always making plans to destroy me.

Hosea 7:4

But all the people are unfaithful to the king. Their anger against him burns like the coals in an oven. The baker does not even need to stir up the fire until the dough is ready.”

Matthew 24:15

“The prophet Daniel spoke about ‘the hated thing that destroys.’ (Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) Someday you will see it standing in the holy place. The reader should understand this.

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for something to use against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.

Acts 21:28

“Fellow Israelites, help us!” they shouted. “This is the man who teaches everyone in all places against our people. He speaks against our law and against this holy place. Besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple. He has made this holy place ‘unclean.’ ”

Acts 25:8

Then Paul spoke up for himself. He said, “I’ve done nothing wrong against the law of the Jews or against the temple. I’ve done nothing wrong against Caesar.”

Acts 6:11

Then in secret they talked some men into lying about Stephen. They said, “We heard Stephen speak evil things against Moses and against God.”

Acts 7:58

They dragged him out of the city. They began to throw stones at him to kill him. The people who had brought false charges against Stephen took off their coats. They placed them at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Hebrews 7:12

A change of the priestly system requires a change of law.