6:10. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke.
6:11. Then they suborned men to say they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.
6:12. And they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes. And running together, they took him and brought him to the council.
6:13. And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.
6:14. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered unto us.
6:15. And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.
Acts Chapter 7
Stephen's speech before the council. His martyrdom.
7:1. Then the high priest said: Are these things so?
7:2. Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.