Acts 6:8-15 - Stephen Arrested

⁸ Now, Stephen, full of favour and power, began to do great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹ But there rose up certain of those out of the synagogue which is called the synagogue of them of Libertium and Cyrene and Alexandria, and certain of them from Cilicia and Asia, - disputing with Stephen; ¹⁰ And they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking,

¹¹ Then, they set on men who were saying - We have heard him speaking profane things against Moses and God. ¹² And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes; and, coming upon him, they caught him away, and led him into the high-council. ¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said - This man, ceaseth not speaking things against this holy place and the law; ¹⁴ For we have heard him saying - This Jesus the Nazarene, will overthrow this place, and will change the customs which, Moses, delivered unto us. ¹⁵ And, looking steadfastly at him, all they who were sitting in the high-council, saw his face, as if the face of a messenger;