and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
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