Acts 6:11

11 Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

Acts 6:11 in Other Translations

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

11 Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. ”

11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.”

11 So in secret they bribed men to lie: "We heard him cursing Moses and God."

11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

11 Then they bribed some men to lie. These men said, "We heard him slander Moses and God."

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

11 Then in secret they talked some men into lying about Stephen. They said, "We heard Stephen speak evil things against Moses. He also spoke evil things against 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 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.

10 But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.

11 Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.

13 They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 21:10
• 2. Matthew 26:59-61