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The Arrest of Stephen

Acts 6:11

In 9 translations

BSB
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
KJV
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
WEB
Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
ASV
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
LSV
then they suborned men, saying, “We have heard him speaking slanderous sayings in regard to Moses and God.”
YLT
then they suborned men, saying — 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'
DBY
Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.Elohim
DRC
Then they suborned men to say, they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.
GNV
Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of Μωϋσῆν: Textus Receptus: Μωσῆν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι Ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν·
RP2018
Τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι Ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν.
TR-Boyd
Τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι Ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωσῆν καὶ τὸν Θεόν.
SCR1894
τοτε υπεβαλον ανδρας λεγοντας οτι ακηκοαμεν αυτου λαλουντος ρηματα βλασφημα εις μωσην και τον θεον

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👤 God👤 Moses◆ Stephen is seized

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
  • 1 Kings 21:10–13But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had…
  • John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
  • John 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  • Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
  • Acts 24:1–13Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul. When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution:…
  • Acts 23:12–15When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty of them were involved in this plot. They went to the chief priests and…
  • Matthew 28:12–15And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were…
  • Acts 21:20–22When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. But they are under the impression that you teach…
  • Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  • 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
  • Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
  • John 5:45–47Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope. If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. But since you do not believe…
  • Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

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