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Selected Verse: Acts 6:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 6:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And [5037] they stirred up [4787] the people [2992], and [2532] the elders [4245], and [2532] the scribes [1122], and [2532] came upon [2186] him, and caught [4884] him [846], and [2532] brought [71] him to [1519] the council [4892], |
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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, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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. |
| 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. |
4 And [2532] when he had gathered [4863] all [3956] the chief priests [749] and [2532] scribes [1122] of the people [2992] together [4863], he demanded [4441] of [3844] them [846] where [4226] Christ [5547] should be born [1080].
4 And [2532] when he had gathered [4863] all [3956] the chief priests [749] and [2532] scribes [1122] of the people [2992] together [4863], he demanded [4441] of [3844] them [846] where [4226] Christ [5547] should be born [1080].
20 But [1161] the chief priests [749] and [2532] elders [4245] persuaded [3982] the multitude [3793] that [2443] they should ask [154] Barabbas [912], and [1161] destroy [622] Jesus [2424].
29 (For [1063] he had commanded [3853] [3853] the unclean [169] spirit [4151] to come [1831] out of [575] the man [444]. For [1063] oftentimes [4183] [5550] it had caught [4884] him [846]: and [2532] he was kept [5442] bound [1196] with chains [254] and [2532] in fetters [3976]; and [2532] he brake [1284] the bands [1199], and was driven [1643] of [5259] the devil [1142] into [1519] the wilderness [2048].)
47 Praising [134] God [2316], and [2532] having [2192] favour [5485] with [4314] all [3650] the people [2992]. And [1161] the Lord [2962] added [4369] to the church [1577] daily [2596] [2250] such as should be saved [4982].