THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 6

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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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

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