Acts 6:11 Cross References - AUV

¹¹ Then they enlisted men to say [i.e., to testify falsely against Stephen, verse 13], "We heard him criticizing Moses and [even] God."

⁵⁹ Now the leading priests and the entire Council [called “the Sanhedrin”] looked for false witnesses [to testify] against Jesus, in order to put Him to death. ⁶⁰ But they did not find any [i.e., whose stories harmonized. See Mark 14:56], even though many false witnesses came [forward to testify]. Finally, two [false witnesses] came forward

¹² And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers, ¹³ saying, “We want you to say, ‘Jesus’ disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴ And if the governor hears about this [plot], we will persuade him [i.e., not to punish you for negligence], so you will not have to worry about that.” ¹⁵ So, they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story [i.e., that Jesus’ body had been stolen by His disciples] was told widely among the Jews, and continues to be told to this day.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; [but] God’s favor and truth came through Jesus Christ.

⁴⁵ “Do not think that I will accuse you [of wrongdoing] before the Father; Moses, on whom you have set your hope [i.e., you base your acceptance with God on the promises found in Moses’ writings], he is the one who accuses you [i.e., in his writings]. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses’ [writings], you would [also] believe in me, for he wrote about me. [See Deut. 18:15-19]. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how do you expect to believe my message?”

²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not [even] know where he came from.”

³³ The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning you for a good deed, but for your abusive speech [i.e., about God], and because you are claiming to be God, even though you are [only] a man.” ³⁴ Jesus replied to them, “Is it not written in your law [Psa. 82:6], ‘I said, you people are gods’? ³⁵ If God called those people, to whom His message came, “gods” (and Scripture cannot be set aside), ³⁶ how can you people say to Him, whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are speaking abusively [i.e., about God],’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? He is the One whom the Father set apart [i.e., for His service] and sent into the world.

³ And they will do these things because they have not known [either] the Father or me.

¹³ They had arranged for the false witnesses to say, "This man will not stop speaking against the Temple and the law of Moses,

³⁷ "This is the Moses who had said to the Israelites [Deut. 18:15], 'God will raise up a prophet from among your countrymen who will be like me [in some ways].' ³⁸ This is the man who was with our forefathers and with the assembly [of Hebrews] in the wilderness [after] the angel had spoken to him at Mt. Sinai. He [is the one] who received the living messages [from God at Mt. Sinai] and gave them to us. ³⁹ [And yet] our forefathers refused to obey him, but rejected [his leadership] and turned back to Egypt in their hearts.

²¹ [For] every city has had for many generations people who proclaim [the teaching of] Moses, reading [his writings] in the synagogues every Sabbath day."

⁶ When the Jews resisted [Paul's efforts] and spoke against him and his message, he shook out his clothing [i.e., an expression of rejection and contempt] and said to them "Let your blood be on your own heads [i.e., you are responsible for whatever harm comes from your action]; I am not responsible. From now on I will go [and preach] to the Gentiles [only]."

²⁰ And when they heard [all] this, they gave honor to God, then said to Paul, "Brother, you can see how many thousands of Jewish believers [in Christ] there are [everywhere] and all of them are eager to observe the [requirements of the] law of Moses. ²¹ Now these Jewish Christians have been informed that you are teaching all the Jews living among the Gentiles to give up [following the teaching of] Moses, [even] telling them not to circumcise their children and not to practice the [other] customs [of the Jewish religion]. ²² What do you think will happen when they hear that you have come [here to Jerusalem]?

²⁸ shouting, "[You] Israelites, help [us]! This man is teaching people everywhere [to be] against our people [i.e., the Jews], the law of Moses and this place [i.e., the Temple]; and in addition to that he has also brought Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] into the Temple and has [thereby] contaminated this holy place."

¹² When daylight came, [a group of] Jews conspired together, agreeing under oath that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. ¹³ There were more than forty men who made this pact. ¹⁴ They went to the leading priests and [Jewish] elders and told them, "We have bound ourselves under an oath [with serious consequences] to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ Therefore, [all of] you, together with the Jewish Council, should notify the commander so that he will bring Paul [back] down to you, as though you wanted to consider his case further. Then we will be ready to kill him, [even] before he comes near [you]."

¹ Five days later the head priest, Ananias, came down [to Caesarea] with certain [Jewish] elders and an attorney [named] Tertullus, who brought their case against Paul before the governor. ² When Paul was called [to appear before the court] Tertullus began the prosecution by saying, "Your Excellency Felix: Since through you we are able to enjoy peace [in this province] and under your jurisdiction the problems in our society are being [properly] dealt with, ³ we welcome all such efforts in each district with full gratitude. ⁴ But, not wanting to prolong matters for you, I urge you to give consideration to this brief account [of the problem we face]. ⁵ We have found this man [i.e., Paul] to be extremely bothersome, and an instigator of strife among the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ We arrested him, for he attempted to desecrate [even] the Temple {{Some ancient manuscripts add verse ⁷ and we would have judged him according to our law but commander Lysias came and forcibly took him out of our hands}} ⁸ [and] you will be able to determine the nature of our accusations against him by questioning him yourself." ⁹ Then the Jews also joined in [making] the charge, and confirmed all the facts that were being presented. ¹⁰ And when the governor had motioned for him to speak, Paul answered [the charges, by saying], "I know [Your Excellency] that you have administered justice for this nation for many years, so I am glad to make my defense [before you]. ¹¹ [I know] you can verify that it has not been over twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. ¹² [While there] I was not observed arguing with anyone or trying to stir up a crowd [to riot] in the Temple or in the synagogues or [anywhere else] in the city. ¹³ Neither can anyone prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.

³ to do them a favor by having Paul brought [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.

⁷ When Paul appeared, the [Jewish] leaders who had accompanied Festus down from Jerusalem gathered around him and brought many serious charges against him, which they were not able to prove.

¹¹ I often persecuted them in the synagogues, [even] trying to get them to blaspheme [i.e., speak against God]. I had extreme anger toward them and [even] traveled to foreign cities [in my effort] to persecute them.

⁸ And why should we not say, “Let us do what is wrong so something good will come from it,” as some people slanderously claim that we are saying? These people deserve to be condemned.

¹³ [even] though I had previously spoken against Christ, and persecuted [Christians] and acted outrageously. However, I obtained mercy because I acted out of ignorance, not believing [in Christ].

² He was faithful to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was [also] faithful in [serving] God’s household [i.e., the Israelites]. ³ For Jesus has been considered deserving of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the Builder of everything. ⁵ Now Moses was a faithful servant among all of [those belonging to] God’s household [i.e., the Israelites], as [one who gave] testimony about the things which [were to be] spoken [by him],