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Acts 6:5–6

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. kch. 11:24. So ver. 8. ch. 7:55.
  2. lch. 8:5, &c. & 21:8.
  3. mComp. Rev. 2:6, 15?
  4. nSee Matt. 23:15.
  5. oSee ch. 11:26.
  6. pch. 1:24. & 13:3.
  7. qch. 13:3. So 1 Tim. 4:14. & 5:22. 2 Tim. 1:6. Comp. ch. 8:17.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch. They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith). These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the statement pleased the whole group, and they chose Stephen (a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit), and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus (a convert from Antioch), whom they stood before the apostles. And they prayed and placed their hands on them.