Acts 6:8-15

8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great ¹wonders and signs among the people.

9 But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both ²Cyrenians and ³Alexandrians, and some from ⁴Cilicia and ⁵Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.

10 But they were unable * to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."

12 And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they ⁶came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before ⁷the Council.

13 They put forward ⁸false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly * speaks against this ⁹holy place and the Law;

14 for we have heard him say that ¹⁰this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter ¹¹the customs which Moses handed down to us."

15 And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the ¹²Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

Cross References

• 1. John 4:48
• 2. Matthew 27:32; Acts 2:10
• 3. Acts 18:24
• 4. Acts 15:23, 41; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3; Acts 23:34; Acts 27:5; Galatians 1:21
• 5. Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10; Acts 21:27; Acts 24:18
• 6. Luke 20:1; Acts 4:1
• 7. Matthew 5:22
• 8. Matthew 26:59-61; Acts 7:58
• 9. Matthew 24:15; Acts 21:28; Acts 25:8
• 10. Matthew 26:61
• 11. Acts 15:1; Acts 21:21; Acts 26:3; Acts 28:17
• 12. Matthew 5:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [b]. I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [c]. Lit "into"
• [d]. Or "Sanhedrin"
• [e]. Or "Sanhedrin"