Acts 6:11 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹¹ Then they suborned men to say, We heard him speak reproachful words against Moses, and against God.

⁵⁹ Meantime the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole Sanhedrin, sought out false evidence against Jesus, upon which they might condemn him to die. ⁶⁰ But though many false witnesses appeared, they found it not. At length two false witnesses came,

¹² These, after meeting and consulting with the elders, gave a large sum to the soldiers, ¹³ with this injunction: Say, his disciples came by night, and stole him while we were asleep. ¹⁴ And if this come to the procurator's ears, we will appease him, and indemnify you. ¹⁵ So they took the money, and acted agreeably with to their instructions. Accordingly this report is current among the Jews to this day.

¹⁷ for the law was given by Moses-the favor and the truth came by Jesus Christ.

⁴⁵ Do not think that I am he who will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you confide. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me: for he wrote concerning me. ⁴⁷ But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?

²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this man, we know not whence he is.

³³ The Jews answered, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God. ³⁴ Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I said, You are gods?" ³⁵ If the law styled them gods, to whom the word of God was addressed, and if the language of scripture in unexceptionable; ³⁶ do you charge him with blasphemy whom the Father has consecrated his Apostle to the world, for calling himself his Son?

³ And these things they will do, because they know not the Father nor me.

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man is incessantly speaking against this holy place, and the law:

³⁷ This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, "A prophet like me shall the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; him shall you hear." ³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai; and with our fathers, who received the lively oracles, to give to us. ³⁹ To whom our fathers would not be obedient; but thrust him from them, and in their hearts returned back again to Egypt;

²¹ For Moses has, from ancient generations, those who preach him, in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.

⁶ But when they set themselves in opposition, and reviled, he shook his garment, and said to them, Let your blood be upon your own head! I am pure. From henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

²⁰ And when they heard it, they glorified God, and said to him, Brother, you see how many myriads of believing Jews there are: and they are all zealous for the law. ²¹ Now, they have been informed of you, that you teach all the Jews, which are among the Gentiles, to apostatize from Moses, saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs. ²² What is it then? The multitude must, by all means, come together; for they will hear that you are come.

²⁸ crying out, Israelites, help! This is the man that everywhere teaches all men contrary to the people, and to the law, and to this place; and has even brought Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place.

¹² And when it was day, some of the Jews, entering into a conspiracy, bound themselves with a curse; saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ And they were more than forty, who had made this agreement. ¹⁴ And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves m by a solemn anathema, not to taste anything till we have slain Paul: ¹⁵ now, therefore, do you, with the Sanhedrim, signify to the commander, that he bring him down to you, as if you would more accurately discuss what relates to him; and we are ready to kill him, before he can come near you.

¹ And, after five days, the high, Ananias, came down, with the elders, and a certain orator, named Tertullus: and they made their appearance before the governor, against Paul. ² And he being called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, As we enjoy great peace by your means, and as illustrious deeds are happily done to this nation, by your prudent administration; ³ we accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴ But, that I may not further trouble you, I beseech you to hear us briefly, with your usual candor. ⁵ for we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world; and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: ⁶ who has attempted to profane the temple; and whom we apprehended, and would have judged according to our law; ⁷ but Lysias, the commander, coming upon us with a great force, took him away out of our hands, ⁸ commanding his accusers to come to you; by which means, you may yourself, on examination, know the certainty of all these things, of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also gave their assent, saying, that these things were so. ¹⁰ Then Paul, after the governor had made a signal to him to speak, answered, Knowing that you, O Felix! have been for several years a judge to this nation, I answer for myself with the more cheerfulness; ¹¹ since you may know that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem; ¹² and they neither found me disputing with any man in the temple, nor making any insurrection among the people, either in the synagogues, or in the city: ¹³ nor can they produce any proof of the things concerning which they now accuse me.

³ that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying an ambush to kill him by the way.

⁷ And when he appeared, the Jews, who came down from Jerusalem, stood round about, bringing many heavy accusations against Paul, which they were not able to prove;

¹¹ and frequently punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

⁸ and not because we have done evil that good may come, as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we teach-whose condemnation is just?

¹³ who was formerly a defamer, and a persecutor, and an injurious person. But I received mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

² who, as well as Moses, is faithful to him that appointed him over all his house. ³ Indeed, he has been accounted worthy of glory, as far superior to Moses, as that of the builder is superior to the house. ⁴ Now every house is built by some one; but he, the builder of all things, is God. ⁵ And Moses, indeed, as a servant, was faithful in all his house, for a testimony of the things that were to be spoken by him;