Acts 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

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,

Translations

Acts 6:12 - Amplified Bible

[Thus] they incited the people as well as the elders and the scribes, and they came upon Stephen and arrested him and took him before the council (Sanhedrin).

Acts 6:12 - American Standard Version

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,

Acts 6:12 - Bible in Basic English

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

Acts 6:12 - Darby Bible

And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.

Acts 6:12 - English Standard Version

And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,

Acts 6:12 - King James Version

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,

Acts 6:12 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y alborotaron al pueblo, a los ancianos y a los escribas, y cayendo sobre él, lo arrebataron y lo trajeron en presencia del concilio.

Acts 6:12 - The Message

That stirred up the people, the religious leaders, and religion scholars. They grabbed Stephen and took him before the High Council. They put forward their bribed witnesses to testify: "This man talks nonstop against this Holy Place and God’s Law. We even heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth would tear this place down and throw out all the customs Moses gave us."

Acts 6:12 - New American Standard Bible

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.

Acts 6:12 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y alborotaron al pueblo, a los ancianos y a los escribas, y cayendo sobre él, lo arrestaron y lo trajeron al Concilio (Sanedrìn).

Acts 6:12 - World English Bible

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came on him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

Acts 6:12 - Young's Living Translation

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;

Acts 6:12 - Additional Comments

Even when you are completely within God's will (as shown by Stephen's miracles - vs 8), that doesn't guarantee safety. In fact, it typically increases the risk. People don't like to hear the truth when they are not believers.
This is the same council that Peter and John had been brought to (Acts 4:5-7).
It sounds like it was a mob that seized Stephen.

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