Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 6:12

"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," — Acts 6:12 (ASV)

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 matters of religion. See the notes on Matthew 2:4.