Acts 6:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.
  • Matt 26:57 : 57 Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.
  • Acts 4:1-3 : 1 The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, 2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
  • Acts 5:27 : 27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  • Acts 16:19-21 : 19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. 20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews 21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
  • Acts 17:5-6 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
  • Acts 21:27 : 27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 6:11
    85%

    11Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

  • Acts 6:13-14
    2 verses
    84%

    13They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

    14For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

  • Luke 22:66
    84%

    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • Acts 5:25-28
    4 verses
    82%

    25But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

    26Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

  • Acts 5:21
    80%

    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • Matt 26:57
    79%

    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • Mark 14:53
    79%

    53Condemned by the Sanhedrin Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

  • Matt 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Acts 4:1
    78%

    1The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

  • Luke 20:1
    78%

    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

  • Mark 14:46
    77%

    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • Acts 4:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.

    7After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

  • Acts 7:57
    77%

    57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • Mark 11:27
    77%

    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Luke 23:10
    77%

    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • Acts 5:17
    77%

    17Further Trouble for the Apostles Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him(that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

  • Acts 24:6
    77%

    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

  • Mark 15:1
    76%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 4:29
    76%

    29They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

  • Luke 22:54
    76%

    54Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

  • Luke 23:1
    75%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

  • Luke 11:53-54
    2 verses
    75%

    53When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

    54plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

  • Acts 21:27
    75%

    27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  • Luke 22:2
    75%

    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Acts 4:15
    75%

    15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

  • John 18:12
    75%

    12Jesus Before Annas Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

  • Luke 6:11
    75%

    11But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

  • Luke 22:52
    74%

    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

  • Acts 17:8
    74%

    8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

  • Acts 5:33
    74%

    33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

  • Mark 14:57
    74%

    57Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

  • Acts 16:20
    74%

    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

  • Luke 20:19
    74%

    19Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

  • John 7:32
    74%

    32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • Matt 26:55
    74%

    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Acts 14:5
    74%

    5When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

  • Matt 26:59
    73%

    59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

  • Mark 11:18
    73%

    18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

  • Acts 24:12
    73%

    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

  • Matt 27:1
    73%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

  • Luke 12:11
    73%

    11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,