6:1 Now in those days, when the disciples were multiplying, grumbling arose among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily support.
6:2 So the Twelve called together the whole group of the disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
6:3 So, brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this duty.
6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the Word.”
6:5 The statement pleased the whole group; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Ruach ha-Kodesh, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
6:6 They placed these men before the emissaries; and after praying, they laid hands on them.
6:7 The word of God kept on spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem greatly multiplied; even a great number of the kohanim were becoming obedient to the faith.
6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
6:9 But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen—both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and Asia—stood up and began arguing with Stephen.
6:10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Ruach by whom he was speaking.
6:11 Then they secretly instigated men into saying, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God!”
6:12 They also incited the people, the elders, and the Torah scholars; and they rushed at Stephen, seized him, and led him away to the Sanhedrin.
6:13 They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.
6:14 For we have heard him saying that this Yeshua ha-Natzrati will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
6:15 Watching him intently, everyone who was sitting in the Sanhedrin saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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