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:
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Study Note
The charge against Stephen — that he 'never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law' — draws on the same accusation that brought Jesus before the Sanhedrin (Mark 14:57-58), connecting the first Christian martyr's trial to the Lord's own. The witnesses are described as 'false' (pseudomartyras), echoing Deuteronomy's requirement of multiple witnesses and the narrative pattern of prophets condemned on trumped-up charges throughout Israel's history. Stephen's subsequent speech (Acts 7) addresses the charge directly by tracing the prophetic critique of temple and law from Abraham through the wilderness generation to Solomon's temple, arguing that the critique is not innovation but the message of Israel's own scriptures. The verse frames Stephen's martyrdom as the continuation of Israel's pattern of rejecting those sent by God.
Andere Übersetzungen
and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
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