Acts 6:11

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“Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.””

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BSBPD

“Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“then they suborned men, saying--`We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 6:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
  2. 1 Kings 21:10But 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.”
  3. Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
  4. Matthew 28:12And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
  5. John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  6. John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  7. John 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  8. John 10:33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
  9. John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
  10. Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  11. Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  12. Acts 15:21For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
  13. Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
  14. Acts 21:20When 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.
  15. 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.”
  16. Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
  17. Acts 24:1Five 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.
  18. Acts 24:9The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
  22. Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  23. 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.
  24. Hebrews 3:2He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

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