Acts 6:13

The Passion Translation

One after another, false witnesses stepped forward and accused Stephen, saying, “This man never stops denigrating our temple and our Jewish law.

Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Don’t let them defeat me, Lord. You can’t let me fall into their clutches! They keep accusing me of things I’ve never done, breathing out violence against me.

Psalm 35:11

They are malicious men, hostile witnesses of wrong. They rise up against me, accusers appearing out of nowhere.

Psalm 56:5

Day after day cruel critics distort my words; constantly they plot my collapse.

Matthew 24:15

“When you witness what Daniel prophesied, ‘the disgusting destroyer,’ taking its stand in the Holy Place [let the reader learn],

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the entire supreme Jewish council of leaders were doing their best to bring false charges against Jesus, because they were looking for a reason to put him to death.

Acts 21:28

they shouted, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere what is contrary to our nation, our law, and this temple. And not only that, but now he brings these non-Jewish men with him into the inner courts of our temple! They have made this sacred place ritually unclean.”

Acts 25:8

In his defense, Paul said by the Holy Spirit, “I have done nothing wrong. I’ve committed no offense against Jewish law, or against the temple, or against Caesar.”

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.”

Acts 7:58

Then they pounced on him and threw him outside the city walls to stone him. His accusers, one by one, placed their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul of Tarsus.

Hebrews 7:12

And furthermore, for God to send a new and different rank of priest, meant a new law would have had to be instituted even to allow it!