6Now in these days, as^* the disciples were increasing in number,^* a complaint arose by the Greek-speaking Jews^a against the Hebraic Jews^b because^c their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.^* ²So the twelve summoned the community of disciples and^* said, “It is not desirable that we neglect the word of God to serve tables. ³So, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation,^d full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need. ⁴But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” ⁵And 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), ⁶whom they stood before the apostles. And they prayed and^* placed their^* hands on them.

⁷And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying^* the faith.

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Footnotes

*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were increasing”)
*The words “in number” are not in the Greek text but are implied
aLiterally “Hellenists”
bLiterally “Hebrews”
cOr “that”
*The words “of food” are not in the Greek text but are implied
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb
dLiterally “well spoken of”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“prayed”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began obeying”)