Acts 6:13

World English Bible (2000)

and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 6:11 : 11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"
  • Acts 25:8 : 8 while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."
  • Acts 7:58 : 58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Ps 56:5 : 5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
  • Matt 24:15 : 15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

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  • Acts 6:11-12
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    11Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Acts 6:14
    83%

    14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

  • Mark 14:55-60
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    55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

    56For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.

    57Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

    58"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

    59Even so, their testimony did not agree.

    60The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    76%

    6He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

    7

  • Matt 26:59-62
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    59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

    60and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

    61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

    62The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

  • Luke 22:65-66
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    65They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

    66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Matt 26:65
    74%

    65Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

  • Luke 23:10
    74%

    10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • Acts 21:27-28
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    27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

    28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • Acts 23:4
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    4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

  • Luke 23:2
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    2They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

  • Acts 18:13
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    13saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Rev 13:6
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    6He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

  • Mark 14:63-64
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    63The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?

    64You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.

  • Acts 24:12-13
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    12In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

    13Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

  • Matt 9:3
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    3Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

  • Acts 7:57
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    57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.

  • Luke 6:11
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    11But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

  • Mark 15:3-4
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    3The chief priests accused him of many things.

    4Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

  • Deut 19:16
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    16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

  • Matt 26:3
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    3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

  • Acts 13:45
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    45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

  • Acts 24:20
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    20Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

  • Luke 20:1
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    1It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

  • Acts 4:16
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    16saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.

  • Acts 7:1
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    1The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

  • Matt 26:57
    69%

    57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  • Matt 27:41
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    41Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

  • Luke 19:47
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    47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.