Acts 6:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.”

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BSBPD

“where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 6:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
  2. Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
  3. Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
  4. Matthew 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
  5. Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
  6. Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  7. 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.”
  8. Acts 25:8Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  9. Hebrews 7:12For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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