Acts 6:11

11 Then they induced men to say, "We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"

Acts 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 6:11

Then they suborned men
Hired false witnesses, which seems to have been commonly done by the Jews; so they did in the case of Christ:

which said, we have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses,
and against God;
that is, against the law of Moses, and so against God, who gave the law to Moses, as appears from ( Acts 6:13 ) the blasphemous words seem to be, with respect to the ceremonial law, and the abrogation of it, which Stephen might insist upon, and they charged with blasphemy; see ( Acts 6:14 ) .

Acts 6:11 In-Context

9 Then some from what is called the Freedmen's Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

10 But they were unable to stand up against the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he spoke.

11 Then they induced men to say, "We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"

12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came up, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

13 They also presented false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.