# General Information:

Here the word "We" refers only to the men they persuaded to lie. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
The word "they" refers back to the people from the synagogue of the freemen in [Acts 6:9](./08.md).

# Connecting Statement:

The background information that began in [Acts 6:8](./08.md) continues through verse 10.

# not able to stand against

This phrase means they could not prove false what he said. Alternate translation: "could not argue against" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Spirit

this refers to the Holy Spirit