Acts 6:12

Stephen Arrested

¹¹ Then they persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!” ¹² They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin. ¹³ They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

Law of Moses

Teachers of the Law

Moses

Sanhedrin

Stephen

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up conflict,
but a man slow to anger calms strife.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Fool!’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You moron!’ will be subject to hellfire.

Matthew 26:57

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

Acts 4:1-3

Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

Acts 5:18

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Acts 5:27

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

Acts 14:2

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Acts 16:19-21

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

Acts 17:5-6

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

Acts 18:12

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the judge’s bench.

Acts 21:27

As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,