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Acts 6 |
| 1 |
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the
Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
ministration. |
| 2 |
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto
them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of
God, and serve tables. |
| 3 |
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business. |
| 4 |
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word. |
| 5 |
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip,
and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas
a proselyte of Antioch: |
| 6 |
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,
they laid their hands on them. |
| 7 |
And the word of God increased; and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of
the priests were obedient to the faith. |
| 8 |
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people. |
| 9 |
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. |
| 10 |
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by
which he spake. |
| 11 |
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. |
| 12 |
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the
scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to
the council, |
| 13 |
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not
to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
law: |
| 14 |
For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall
destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses
delivered us. |
| 15 |
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him,
saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. |