Acts 6:12

The Passion Translation

The Men Set Free agitated the crowd, the elders, and the religious scholars, then seized Stephen and forcefully took him before the supreme council.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

A touchy, hot-tempered man picks a fight, but the calm, patient man knows how to silence strife.

Matthew 26:57

Those who arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the chief priest, and to a meeting where the religious scholars and the supreme Jewish council were already assembled.

Matthew 5:22

But I’m telling you, if you hold anger in your heart toward a fellow believer, you are subject to judgment. And whoever demeans and insults a fellow believer is answerable to the congregation. And whoever calls down curses upon a fellow believer is in danger of being sent to a fiery hell.

Luke 20:1

One day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts and sharing with the people the wonderful news of salvation. The high priest, the experts of the law, and the prominent men of the city confronted Jesus and asked him,

Acts 13:50

The Jewish leaders stirred up a violent mob against Paul and Barnabas, including many prominent and wealthy people of the city. They persecuted them and ran them out of town.

Acts 14:2

Some of the Jews refused to believe, and they began to poison the minds of the non-Jews to discredit the believers.

Acts 17:13

When the news reached the Jews in Thessalonica that Paul was now in Berea, preaching the word of God, the troublemakers went there too and they agitated and stirred up the crowds against him.

Acts 18:12

Now, at that time, Gallio was the regional governor who ruled over the Roman province of Achaia, and the Jews turned against Paul and came together to seize him and bring him publicly before the governor’s court.

Acts 21:27

When the seven-day period was almost over, a number of Jews from western Turkey who had seen him in the temple courts stirred up the whole crowd against him. Seizing him,

Acts 5:18

so they had the apostles arrested, placed in chains, and thrown into jail.

Acts 5:27

When they brought them before the council, the high priest demanded an explanation,

Acts 6:11

So the Men Set Free conspired in secret to find those who would bring false accusations against Stephen and lie about him by saying, “We heard this man speak blasphemy against Moses and God.”