“Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.”
Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, 'We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God' - the opposition shifts to conspiracy. They suborn witnesses (subornō, secretly persuade) to accuse Stephen of 'blasphemous words' (rhēmata blasphaema). The charge mirrors the false accusation against Jesus before the Sanhedrin (Luke 22:65-71). The fabricated nature of the charges ('heard Stephen speak') parallels the false witnesses at Jesus's trial.
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