Acts 6:11-15 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.… I. ITS AUTHORS (ver. 9). Observe here — 1. That moral perversity is common to men of every race. All these men, "Libertines," etc., differing widely in many respects, agreed in their antagonism to the true and Divine. 2. That theological controversy often irritates rather than convinces. II. ITS SPIRIT (ver. 10) — hostility to a truth which they felt an utter incapacity to deny. An unpalatable truth was forced upon them, despite of all their learning and logic, by the overwhehning arguments of one man. 1. This mortified their pride. Nothing makes the soul so furious as to wound its pride. 2. This struck at their most cherished prejudices. III. ITS SUBJECT (vers. 11, 13, 14). The charge here preferred would be considered by the Sanhedrin as the most heinous of crimes, sufficient to wake the vengeance of the nation. Blasphemous words against Moses, God, the holy place, and the law, a threat to destroy Jerusalem and change the customs of the Jewish nation! IV. ITS WEAKNESS. 1. The mode of procuring witnesses (ver. 11). Also that there should be men who prefer pelf to principle. Facts require no such support. 2. The appearance of the accused (ver. 15). (1) The face is the mirror of the soul. (2) Christianity makes the soul angelic. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. |
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