Acts 6:12

12 In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.

Acts 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people
The common people, who were easily wrought upon, and soon incensed and provoked, when at any time it was suggested to them that the rituals and ceremonies of the law of Moses were treated with any neglect or contempt; see ( Acts 21:27 Acts 21:28 ) .

And the elders and the Scribes;
who belonged to the sanhedrim, to whom they reported these things, as persons, under whose cognizance they properly came:

and came upon him;
at an unawares, and in an hostile way:

and caught him;
seized him with violence:

and brought him to the council;
the great sanhedrim, then sitting at Jerusalem, to whom it belonged to judge of blasphemy.

Acts 6:12 In-Context

10 But the Spirit gave Stephen such wisdom that when he spoke, they could not refute him.

11 So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"

12 In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.

13 Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.

14 We heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will tear down the Temple and change all the customs which have come down to us from Moses!"