Acts 6

And in those days, ^awhen the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the ^bGrecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected ^cin the daily ministration. ²Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, ^dIt is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve ^etables. ³Wherefore, brethren, ^flook ye out among you seven men ^gof honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ⁴But we will ^hgive ourselves continually to prayer, and to ⁱthe ministry of the word. ⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, ^ka man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and ^lPhilip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and ^mNicolas a ⁿproselyte of ^oAntioch: ⁶whom they set before the apostles: and when they had ^pprayed, they ^qlaid their hands on them. ⁷And ^rthe word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and ^sa great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great ^twonders and miracles among the people. ⁹Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and ^uCyrenians, and ^xAlexandrians, and of them of ^yCilicia and of ^zAsia, disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰And they were not able to ^aresist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. ¹¹Then ^bthey suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. ¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and ^ccame upon him, and ^dcaught him, and brought him to ^ethe council, ¹³and set up ^ffalse witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this ^gholy place, and the law: ¹⁴for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall ^hdestroy this place, and shall change the ⁱcustoms which Moses delivered us. ¹⁵And all that sat in ^ethe council, ^klooking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been ^lthe face of an angel.

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