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

Then they suborned, [ hupebalon (G5260)]. This is the proper sense of the word, with reference to witnesses or informers.

Men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses - referring, doubtless, to what he had said of the impending disappearance of the whole Mosaic system (see Acts 6:14).

And against God - referring probably to the supreme dignity and authority which he would claim for Christ as the Head of that new economy that was speedily to supersede the old (compare Acts 7:56; Acts 7:59-44).

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