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Acts 6:13
and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;
and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;
ACTS 6:13 lalw/n r`h,mata Instead of lalw/n r`h,mata the Textus Receptus reads r`h,mata bla,sfhma lalw/n with E H P _al_ arm; bla,sfhma is an interpolation from ver....
Verse Acts 6:13. _AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE_] The _temple_, that it shall be destroyed. _AND THE LAW_] That it _cannot_ give _life_, nor save from _death_. It is very likely that they had heard him sp...
AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES - It has been made a question why these persons are called “false” witnesses, since it is supposed by many that they reported merely the “words” of Stephen. It may be replie...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews (Acts 6:1)._ 2. Stephen; His Ministry and Arrest (Acts 6:8). Another failure is brought before us. The enemy acts again. From without...
ATTACK ON STEPHEN. This Hellenist Christian draws upon himself the attention of the people. He was full of grace; the inspiration which gave him his power led to disturbance from a synagogue or synago...
THE FIRST OFFICE-BEARERS (Acts 6:1-7)...
Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. There arose in debate with Stephen certain members of the synagogue of the Libertines and of the Cyrenians and of...
WITNESSES. Greek. _martur._ See Acts 1:8. MAN. App-123....
_and set up false witnesses which said_ Their falseness consists in the perverted turn which they gave to the words of Stephen. Though we have no words of his hitherto recorded, we can see from the ch...
OF STEPHEN’S PREACHING, ARREST AND ACCUSATION...
ΛΑΛΩ͂Ν ῬΉΜΑΤΑ omitting βλάσφημα with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘loqui verba’ only. τούτου omitted with אDEHP. _Vulg_. ‘locum sanctum’ only. 13. ΜΆΡΤΥΡΑΣ ΨΕΥΔΕΙ͂Σ, _false witnesses_. Their falseness consists in...
_THE FACE OF AN ANGEL ACTS 6:12-15:_ The Jews were unable to answer the things that Stephen taught about Jesus. They accused him of blasphemy against Moses and the customs he had delivered. They charg...
ΈΣΤΗΣΆΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 6:6. ΨΕΥΔΉΣ (G5571) фальшивый, ложный. По поводу обвинений и о том, лгали ли свидетели, или просто неправильно поняли слова Стефана, _см._ SF, 172-82, 270-77, 312-1...
17. STEPHEN BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 6:13Acts 7:57. a. The testimony of the false witnesses. Acts 6:13-14. Acts 6:13 and set up false
See notes on verse 11...
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES, WHICH SAID, THIS MAN CEASETH NOT - a testi...
13 These synagogues were doubtless very lax in their adherence to the Jewish law and customs, yet they are not ashamed to charge Stephen with this, in order to inflame the Sanhedrin against him. The f...
THIS HOLY PLACE] i.e. the Temple....
THE PREACHING, MIRACLES, AND ARREST OF STEPHEN. The reason why the preaching of Stephen gave so much greater offence than that of the Twelve probably was that he saw that the coming of Christ virtuall...
STEPHEN AND THE SEVEN 1-7. The Hebrew-speaking Jews, who were in a majority in the Church of Jerusalem, were inclined to despise and neglect the minority who spoke Greek. In particular, the Greek-spea...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 THE *APOSTLES CHOOSE 7 MEN TO HELP THEM, 6:1-7 V1 At this time, the *disciples grew in number. Some *Jews spoke *Greek and other *Jews spoke...
AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE. — The new feature of Stephen’s preaching comes into greater prominence....
CHAPTER 15 ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION. Acts 6:12; Acts 7:1 ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the primitive deacons. Stephen, however, much surpa...
CHAPTER 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36; Acts 6:1 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at which we have now arrived is a most interesting one. We stand...
οὗτος : here and in Acts 6:14 used contemptuously, _iste_, so Vulgate; _cf._ Acts 7:40; Acts 18:18; Acts 19:26, ὁ Παῦλος οὗτος. οὐ παύεται λαλῶν : the words in thems
MEETING MURMURING WITHIN AND PERSECUTION WITHOUT Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There were as yet no Gentiles in the Church. It was regarded...
The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning the distribution of relief which had a national tone....
One of the Seven, Stephen, Accused of Blasphemy The record of great miracles being wrought by Stephen is the first such by anyone other than an apostle. It should be noted that such was not accomplish...
(10) And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: (10) An example of frivolous objectors or false accusers, who gather...
It was true that Jesus would destroy the place, and change their traditions, yet they were false witnesses, because they deposed, that Stephen had made these assertions, which he had not, purposely to...
STEPHEN'S MINISTRY 8-15. Though Stephen was but a poor, uncultured layman, honored with the office of deacon, _i. e_., permitted to sweep the floor, and light the lamps, and collect money to support t...
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. (9) Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, an...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
Other evils, unhappily, assail the church (Chapter 6). The flesh begins to shew itself, in the midst of the power of the Holy Ghost, the trouble arising from the different circumstances of the discipl...
AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES,.... Having hired them, they brought them and set them before the sanhedrim, to bear witness against Stephen: WHICH SAID, THIS MAN; meaning Stephen, who was now before the...
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: Ver. 13. _Blasphemous words_] So was Athanasius accused....
_Then they suborned men_ As they found they were incapable of defending themselves by fair argument, they had recourse to a most mean and dishonest fraud; _they suborned men_ to bear false witness aga...
A second time, however, difficulty arises from within Satan's enmity from without was clearly evident. In Ch.5.1-3 Satan had sought to underhandedly get in among the saints, but this had been exposed....
THEY ALSO SET UP FALSE WITNESSES WHO SAID, " THIS MAN DOES NOT CEASE TO SPEAK BLASPHEMOUS WORDS AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE AND THE LAW; 1. The arranged for men to lie (false witness) against Stephen. 2...
and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law: 'SET UP FALSE WITNESSES'-'There they had false witnesses stand up and lie' (Beck). One w...
8-15 When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no grea...
They mingled in their testimony false things with truths, as they who witnessed against our Saviour had done. St. Stephen might possibly have inculcated what our Saviour had foretold, LUKE 19:43,44, a...
Acts 6:13 also G5037 up G2476 (G5627) false G5571 witnesses G3144 said G3004 (G5723) This G5127 man...
‘And set up false witnesses, who said, “This man does not cease from speaking words against this holy place, and the law, for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place...
THE PREACHING AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN (6:8-7:60). It is one of the exciting things about serving God that we never know what He is going to do next. In Acts 6:1 the Apostles had rid themselves of the...
Acts 6:13. AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES. These words have created some difficulty. In what sense were these witnesses ‘false'? At first sight Stephen seems to have used in his arguments words not very d...
FALSE WITNESSES (μαρτυρας ψευδεις). Just as Caiaphas did with Jesus.CEASETH NOT (ου παυετα). Wild charge just like a false witness that Stephen talks in the synagogues against the law and the hol...
Acts 6:11 The first Christian Martyr. Look: I. At Stephen as a man. The third verse gives us to understand that he was a man of "honest report:" literally, a man well testified of the public bore him...
Acts 6; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each o...
CONTENTS: The first deacons. Third persecution. Stephen before the council. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, apostles, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolas, priests, Mose...
Acts 6:1. _A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews._ The original word here rendered Grecians is _Hellenists;_ from Hellen, son of Deucalion, king of Thessalia, who was drowned during the inun...
THIS MAN. Instead of attacking all Christians, they direct their slander against Stephen only. By doing this, they hope to be able to prejudice the people and turn them away from Christ. Compare note...
_Then they suborned men._ THE ACCUSATION OF STEPHEN I. Its authors (Acts 6:9). Observe here-- 1. That moral perversity is common to men of every race. All these men, “Libertines,” etc., differing w...
_And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people._ THE LAST FIRST I. The points in which Stephen was last. 1. His position was entirely subordinate. The deacons...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 6:8 Stephen ministered to the needy and also taught the Word and performed WONDERS AND SIGNS. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 6:1 The Witness beyond Jerusalem. Beginning with Greek-speaking Jewish Christians in Jerusalem (Acts 6:1), the Christian gospel was proclaimed to an ever-widening circle
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 6:8. FAITH.—According to the best texts should be _grace_ (Acts 4:33); the change having probably been made to correspond with Acts 6:5. Acts
EXPOSITION ACTS 6:1 _Now in these _for _and in those, _A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις_, _answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); _multiplying _for _multiplied, _A.V._; Grecian Jews _for _Grecians, _...
Now in those days, when the number of disciples was multiplied (Acts 6:1), We found the Lord adding to the church and now He's multiplying. I love the Lord's mathematics. there arose a murmuring (Ac...
Acts 6:11; Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11; Psalms 56:5...
OBEDIENT TO THE FAITH Acts 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS May we tarry a while to study The Business Side of Church Life. Our text (Acts 6:3) says that there are three requirements: (1) Honest report; (2)...