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:”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Acts 6:13

And set vp false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speake blasphemous words against this holy place, and the Law.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
- Basic English Bible

And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;
- Darby Bible

And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Webster's Bible

Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.
- Weymouth Bible

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

And thei ordeyneden false witnessis, that seiden, This man ceessith not to speke wordis ayens the hooli place, and the lawe.
- Wycliffe Bible

they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for Acts 6:13

Wesley's Notes for Acts 6:13


6:14 We have heard him say - So they might. But yet the consequence they drew would not follow.

6:15 As the face of an angel - Covered with supernatural lustre. They reckoned his preaching of Jesus to be the Christ was destroying Moses and the law; and God bears witness to him, with the same glory as he did to Moses, when he gave the law by him.



People's Bible Notes for Acts 6:13


Ac 6:13 Set up false witnesses. False, in that they perverted what he said, so as to give it a meaning not meant. Against this holy place. The temple. He may have said that it would be destroyed. See Mt 24:2. And the law. He probably said what Paul so often said. See Ga 3:24,25.

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