Acts 6:12

Acts 13:50; Acts 14:2; Acts 16:19-21; Acts 17:13; Acts 17:5; Acts 17:6; Acts 18:12; Acts 21:27; Acts 4:1-3; Acts 5:18; Acts 5:27; Matthew 26:57; Proverbs 15:18

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they stirred up the people - They “excited” the people, or alarmed their fears, as had been done before when they sought to put the Lord Jesu...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council, (9) The...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Attack on Stephen. This Hellenist Christian draws upon himself the attention of the people. He was full of grace; the inspiration which gave him hi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stirred up. Greek. sunkineo. Only here. Frequent in medical works. elders, &c. See note on Acts 4:5 , and App-189. caught . violently s...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Being overcome with the power of the Spirit, they give over disputing, but they prepare false witnesses, that with false and slanderous rep...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him , and caught him, and brought him to the council, And they - Th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, And they...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Stephen and the Seven 1-7. The Hebrew-speaking Jews, who were in a majority in the Church of Jerusalem, were inclined to despise and neglect the m...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The preaching, miracles, and arrest of Stephen. The reason why the preaching of Stephen gave so much greater offence than that of the Twelve proba...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36-37 ; Acts 6:1-6 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION. Acts 6:12-14 ; Acts 7:1-2 ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Meeting Murmuring within and Persecution Without Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. (9) Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they stirred up the people ,.... The common people, who were easily wrought upon, and soon incensed and provoked, when at any time it was sugges...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him , and caught him, and brought him to the council, Ver. 12....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then they suborned men As they found they were incapable of defending themselves by fair argument, they had recourse to a most mean and dishonest f...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A second time, however, difficulty arises from within Satan's enmity from without was clearly evident. In Ch.5.1-3 Satan had sought to underhandedly...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Being overcome by reason and arguments, they betake themselves to all the evil arts imaginable; they suborn witnesses against St. Stephen, as was don...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Preaching and Martyrdom of Stephen (6:8-7:60). It is one of the exciting things about serving God that we never know what He is going to do ne...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came on him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,' They were in f...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 6:8 . Faith .—According to the best texts should be grace ( Acts 4:33 ); the change having probably been made to corresp...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually rep...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6:11-15 The first Christian Martyr. Look: I. At Stephen as a man. The third verse gives us to understand that he was a man of "honest report...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 6:1 . A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews. The original word here rendered Grecians is Hellenists; from Hellen, son of Deucalio...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. The last first I. The points in which Stephen was last....
The Biblical Illustrator

Then they suborned men. The accusation of Stephen I. Its authors ( Acts 6:9 ). Observe here-- 1. That moral perversity is common to men of e...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 6:1 Now in these for and in those, A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις , answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); multiply...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Testimony of Stephen. Acts 6:9-15
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the Council,
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Obedient to the Faith Acts 6:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS May we tarry a while to study The Business Side of Church Life. Our text ( Acts 6:3 ) sa...

¹² And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Related Commentaries of Acts 6:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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