Passage

Acts 6.13

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

11. Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

13. and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. 15. And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (Acts 6:11-15, ASV)

WEB

11. Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12. They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

13. and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” 15. All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel. (Acts 6:11-15, WEB)

KJV

11. Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12. 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,

13. And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. ^{customs: or, rites} 15. And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (Acts 6:11-15, KJV)

YLT

11. then they suborned men, saying, 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.' 12. They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;

13. they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;' 15. and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger. (Acts 6:11-15, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Lexicon:

G3144 - martys

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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