Acts 6:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

then they suborned men, saying -- `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας, λέγοντας, ὅτι Ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωσῆν, καὶ τὸν Θεόν.

Transliteration

Then hypebalon andras, legontas, that Akēkoamen of him lalountos rēmata blasphēma against Mōsēn, and ton Theon.

Grammar Details

• *hypebalon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - secretly instigated/induced
• *andras*: accusative, masculine, plural - men
• *legontas*: present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, plural - saying
• *Akēkoamen*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person, plural - we have heard
• *lalountos*: present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - speaking
• *rēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - words/sayings
• *blasphēma*: accusative, neuter, plural, adjective - blasphemous
• *Mōsēn*: accusative, masculine, singular - Moses
• *ton*: accusative, masculine, singular, article - the
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *hypebalon*: secretly instigated/induced/suborned
• *legontas*: saying/declaring/stating
• *Akēkoamen*: we have heard/we heard
• *lalountos*: speaking/talking/uttering
• *rēmata*: words/sayings/statements
• *blasphēma*: blasphemous/slanderous/defaming

Referenced Verses

• Matt 26:59-60 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,
• Matt 28:12-15 : 12 and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers, 13 saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep; 14 and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.' 15 And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this day.
• John 1:17 : 17 for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
• John 5:45-47 : 45 `Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped; 46 for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me; 47 but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'
• John 9:29 : 29 we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.'
• John 10:33-36 : 33 The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.' 34 Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods? 35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,) 36 of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?
• John 16:3 : 3 and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.
• Acts 6:13 : 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
• Acts 7:37-39 : 37 this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear. 38 `This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us; 39 to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
• Acts 15:21 : 21 for Moses from former generations in every city hath those preaching him -- in the synagogues every sabbath being read.'
• Acts 18:6 : 6 and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken `his' garments, he said unto them, `Your blood `is' upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'
• Acts 21:20-22 : 20 and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law, 21 and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostacy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying -- Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk; 22 what then is it? certainly the multitude it behoveth to come together, for they will hear that thou hast come.
• Acts 21:28 : 28 crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'
• Acts 23:12-15 : 12 And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul; 13 and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath, 14 who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul; 15 now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'
• Acts 24:1-9 : 1 And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor `the things' against Paul; 2 and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse `him', saying, `Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought, 3 always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness; 4 and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness; 5 for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world -- a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes -- 6 who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge, 7 and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away, 8 having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;' 9 and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so. 10 And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing `that' for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer; 11 thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, 12 and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; 13 nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.
• Acts 25:3 : 3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
• Acts 25:7 : 7 and he having come, there stood round about the Jews who have come down from Jerusalem -- many and weighty charges they are bringing against Paul, which they were not able to prove,
• Acts 26:11 : 11 and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining `them' to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting `them' even unto strange cities.
• Rom 3:8 : 8 and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
• Heb 3:2-5 : 2 being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house, 3 for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it, 4 for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build `is' God, 5 and Moses indeed `was' stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,
• Lev 24:16 : 16 and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.
• 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' 11 And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, 12 they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;