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Acts 6
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| 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. |
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| 6:2
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. |
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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. |
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| 6:4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of
the word. |
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| 6:5
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: |
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| 6:6
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid
their hands on them. |
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| 6:7
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. |
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| 6:8
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among
the people. |
 (6:8) "Stephen ... did great wonders and miracles among
the people."
 Stephen Gets Stoned
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| 6:9
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.
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| 6:10
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he
spake. |
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Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous
words against Moses, and against God.
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| 6:12
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,
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| 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: |
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For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this
place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. |
(6:15) "All ... saw his [Stephen's] face as it had been the face of an angel."
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| 6:15
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face
as it had been the face of an angel.
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