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13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.

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13 They produced false witnesses,(A) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(B) and against the law.

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11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.”

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11 Then they secretly(A) persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”(B)

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28 yelling, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who preaches against our people everywhere and tells everybody to disobey the Jewish laws. He speaks against the Temple—and even defiles this holy place by bringing in Gentiles.[a]

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  1. 21:28 Greek Greeks.

28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(A)

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Paul denied the charges. “I am not guilty of any crime against the Jewish laws or the Temple or the Roman government,” he said.

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Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple(A) or against Caesar.”

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58 and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.[a]

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  1. 7:58 Saul is later called Paul; see 13:9.

58 dragged him out of the city(A) and began to stone him.(B) Meanwhile, the witnesses(C) laid their coats(D) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(E)

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15 “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[a] standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)

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  1. 24:15 Greek the abomination of desolation. See Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place(A) ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a](B) spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

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  1. Matthew 24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

They are always twisting what I say;
    they spend their days plotting to harm me.

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All day long they twist my words;(A)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.

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11 Malicious witnesses testify against me.
    They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

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11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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12 Do not let me fall into their hands.
    For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
    with every breath they threaten me with violence.

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12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses(A) rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

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