Acts 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Acts 6:13 in other translations
| BSB | where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. |
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| WEB | and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. |
| ASV | and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law: |
| YLT | they set up also false witnesses, saying, ‘This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law, |
| DARBY | And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; |
| BBE | And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law: |
| Webster | And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: |
What does Acts 6:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 6:11-14
11-14. blasphemous words against Moses--doubtless referring to the impending disappearance of the whole Mosaic system. and against God--This must refer to the supreme dignity and authority which he claimed for Christ, as the head of that new economy which was so speedily to supersede the old (compare Ac 7:56, 59, 60).
Barnes' Notes
(1.) Jesus himself never affirmed that he would destroy that place, he uniformly taught that it would be done by the Gentiles, Mt 24. It is altogether improbable, therefore, that Stephen should declare any such thing.
(2.) It is equally improbable that he taught that Jesus would abolish the peculiar customs and rites of the Jews. It was long, and after much discussion, before the apostles themselves were convinced of it; and when those customs were changed, it was done gradually. See Acts 10:14, etc.; Acts 11:2, etc. Acts 15:20; Acts 21:20, etc. The probability therefore is, that the whole testimony was false, and was artfully invented to produce the utmost exasperation among the people, and yet was at the same time so plausible as to be easily believed. For on this point the Jews were particularly sensitive; and it is clear that they had some expectations that the Messiah would produce some such changes. Comp. Mt 26:61, with Dan 9:26,27. The same charge was afterwards brought against Paul, which he promptly denied. See Acts 25:8.
This holy place. The temple.
The law. The law of Moses.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 6:8-15
When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no greater number of religious persons have been murdered in the world, by the way of perjury and pretence of law, when so many thousands hate them, who make no conscience of false oaths. Wisdom and holiness make a man's face to…
Acts 6:13 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 6:13
- Acts 6:11
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
- Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
- Psalms 56:5
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Psalms 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- Matthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Acts 7:58
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
- Acts 25:8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.
- Psalms 35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
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Context
- Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
- Acts 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Acts 6:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y pusieron testigos falsos, que dijesen: Este hombre no cesa de hablar palabras blasfemas contra este lugar santo y la ley: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils présentèrent de faux témoins qui disaient: Cet homme ne cesse pas de proférer des paroles contre le saint lieu et contre la loi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie stellten falsche Zeugen auf, welche sagten: Dieser Mensch hört nicht auf, Worte zu reden wider die heilige Stätte und das Gesetz; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et statuerunt falsos testes, qui dicerent: Homo iste non cessat loqui verba adversus locum sanctum, et legem: |