Acts 6:12

“And they stirred up the people, etc.] The common people, who were easily wrought upon, and soon incensed and provoked, when at any time it was suggested to them that the rituals and ceremonies of the law of Moses were treated with any neglect or contempt; (see <442127>Acts 21:27,28). And the elders and the Scribes; who belonged to the sanhedrim, to whom they reported these things, as persons, under whose cognizance they properly came: and came upon him; at an unawares, and in an hostile way: and caught him; seized him with violence: and brought him to the council; the great sanhedrim, then sitting at Jerusalem, to whom it belonged to judge of blasphemy.”

“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, Matthew 27:20. The elders - The members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council. Scribes - See the notes on Matthew 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 Matthew 2:4. return to 'Top of Page'”

“they stirred: Act 13:50, Act 14:2, Act 17:5, Act 17:13, Act 21:27; Pro 15:18 and caught: Act 4:1-3, Act 5:18, Act 5:27, Act 16:19-21, Act 17:5, Act 17:6, Act 18:12; Mat 26:57 Acts 6:13”