Acts 6:12-15

Expanded Bible

¹² They ·stirred up [roused; incited] the people, the elders, and the teachers of the law. They ·came [or confronted] and grabbed Stephen and brought him to ·a meeting of the leaders [^Lthe Sanhedrin; 4:15]. ¹³ They brought in some ·people to tell lies about Stephen [^Lfalse witnesses], saying, “This man is always speaking against this holy place [^Cthe Temple] and the law of Moses. ¹⁴ We heard him say that Jesus ·from Nazareth [or the Nazarene] will destroy this place and that Jesus will change the customs Moses gave us [^Cfor a similar charge leveled against Jesus see Matt. 26:61; Mark 14:58].” ¹⁵ All the people [who sat] in the ·meeting [^LSanhedrin; 4:15] ·were watching Stephen closely [or stared intently at Stephen] ·and [or because they] saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.