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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 6:12	King James	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,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Jesus to death, Mat 27:20. The elders - The members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council. Scribes - See the notes on Mat 2:4. To the council - To the Sanhedrin, or the Great Council of the nation, which claimed jurisdiction in the matters of religion. See the notes on Mat 2:4.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Jesus to death, Mat 27:20.

The elders - The members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council.

Scribes - See the notes on Mat 2:4.

To the council - To the Sanhedrin, or the Great Council of the nation, which claimed jurisdiction in the matters of religion. See the notes on Mat 2:4.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
They stirred up the people (συνεκίνησαν τὸν λαὸν) The verb occurs only here in the New Testament. It implies to stir up as a mass, to move them together (σύν). This is the first record of the hostility of the people toward the disciples. See Act 2:47. Caught (συνήρπασαν) Used by Luke only. Better as Rev., seized. See on Luk 8:29.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

They stirred up the people (συνεκίνησαν τὸν λαὸν)

The verb occurs only here in the New Testament. It implies to stir up as a mass, to move them together (σύν). This is the first record of the hostility of the people toward the disciples. See Act 2:47.

Caught (συνήρπασαν)

Used by Luke only. Better as Rev., seized. See on Luk 8:29.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And they - The Libertines, etc., mentioned before, stirred up the people - raised a mob against him, and, to assist and countenance the mob, got the elders and scribes to conduct it, who thus made themselves one with the basest of the people, whom they collected; and then, altogether, without law or form of justice, rushed on the good man, seized him, and brought him to a council who, though they sat in the seat of judgment, were ready for every evil work.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And they - The Libertines, etc., mentioned before, stirred up the people - raised a mob against him, and, to assist and countenance the mob, got the elders and scribes to conduct it, who thus made themselves one with the basest of the people, whom they collected; and then, altogether, without law or form of justice, rushed on the good man, seized him, and brought him to a council who, though they sat in the seat of judgment, were ready for every evil work.

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