This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.
Parallel translations
- WEB They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,
- KJV 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,
- BSB So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
- NKJV And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
- NASB And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away, and brought him before the Council.
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They stir up the people and leaders and drag Stephen before the council. Public agitation is used to legitimize an unjust trial.
Overview
By rousing the crowd and authorities, the opponents turn a private dispute into a formal charge. Seizing Stephen and bringing him to the Sanhedrin mirrors the proceedings against Jesus. The mounting pressure shows how opposition to the gospel hardens into organized injustice.
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Cross-references · 13
- Prov 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
- Acts 14:2But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
- Matt 26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
- Acts 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
- Acts 5:27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
- Acts 16:19–21But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
- Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
- Matt 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- Acts 5:18and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.
- Acts 4:1–3As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
- Acts 17:5–6But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
- Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
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