Acts 6:13

Modern

…where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Traditional

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Literal

And they set up false witnesses, saying, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.

Latin

…et statuerunt falsos testes, qui dicerent: Homo iste non cessat loqui verba adversus locum sanctum, et legem:

Greek

English

…where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

The Jewish leaders did to Stephen as they had done to Jesus (compare Matthew 26:3–4, 59–66):

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 6:11
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
Acts 21:28
…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
Matthew 24:15
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Acts 25:8
Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Psalm 56:5
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
Acts 7:58
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Psalm 27:12
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Psalm 35:11
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.