“"And they stirred up the people." Fickleness of the multitude! And yet how could a man who was a blasphemer have so succeeded? How could a blasphemer work such miracles among the people? But the undisciplined multitude made them strong who had the worst of it in argument.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 15
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12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
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10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
— Acts 6:12 —
13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.