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The Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 6
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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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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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But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word.
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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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Whom they set before the apostles: and when
they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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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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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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