Acts 6:11

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Ver. 11. Then they suborned] This they had learned of that old manslayer,John 8:44 .

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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¹¹ Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Related Commentaries of Acts 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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