Acts 6:13–14
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6:13They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place40 and the law.416:14For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs42 that Moses handed down to us.”
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- 40 This holy place is a reference to the temple.
- 41 The law refers to the law of Moses. It elaborates the nature of the blasphemy in v. 11. To speak against God’s law in Torah was to blaspheme God (Deut 28:15–19). On the Jewish view of false witnesses, see Exod 19:16–18; 20:16; Sanhedrin 3.6; 5.1–5. Stephen’s speech in Acts 7 may indicate why the temple was mentioned.
- 42 Or “practices.” Will destroy this place and change the customs. Stephen appears to view the temple as a less central place in light of Christ’s work, an important challenge to Jewish religion, since it was at this time a temple-centered state and religion. Unlike Acts 3–4, the issue here is more than Jesus and his resurrection. Now the impact of his resurrection and the temple’s centrality has also become an issue. The “falseness” of the charge may not be that the witnesses were lying, but that they falsely read the truth of Stephen’s remarks.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law. For we heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
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The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses. We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking words against the holy place and the law! For we have heard him saying that this Nazarene Jesus will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
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