Acts 6:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Then they instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”(A) 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, accosted him, seized him, and brought him before the Sanhedrin. 13 They presented false witnesses[a] who testified, “This man never stops saying things against [this] holy place and the law.
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- 6:13 False witnesses: here, and in his account of Stephen’s execution (Acts 7:54–60), Luke parallels the martyrdom of Stephen with the death of Jesus.
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