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From Debate to Violence
Commentators note a clear escalation. Unable to defeat Stephen in debate, his opponents resorted to force. They stirred up the people with a commotion described as being like an earthquake, violently seized Stephen, and dragged him before the religious council. This shift from intellectual argument to physical and legal assault shows the desperate measures people may take when confronted with the truth of the gospel.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 6:12
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
AT Robertson
On Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people (συνεκινησαν τον λαον). They shook the people together like an earthquake. First aorist active indicati…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 6:12
Four things are said about certain members of the synagogue of the Freedman: (1) “they secretly persuaded some men to say” that Stephen had spoken …
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John Calvin
On Acts 6:12
16th Century
Theologian
Being overcome with the power of the Spirit, they cease disputing, but they prepare false witnesses, so that with false and slanderous reports, the…
John Gill
On Acts 6:12
17th Century
Pastor
And they stirred up the people
The common people, who were easily wrought upon, and soon incensed and provoked, when…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 6:8–15
17th Century
Minister
When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal and brought false witnesses against him.
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