World English Bible

Acts 6:12

“They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,”

Verse in context — Acts 6

They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.