6:1 Now in those days, as the disciples were multiplied, there was murmuring among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily distribution.
6:2 So the twelve called the multitude of disciples together and said, “It is not reasonable for us to leave the word of God and serve tables.
6:3 Brothers, look among yourselves for seven men who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this duty.
6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
6:5 And what was said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, who was a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Procorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,
6:6 whom they presented before the apostles. And when they had prayed, they placed their hands on them.
6:7 So the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples grew rapidly in Jerusalem, and a great number of the priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8 Now Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
6:9 Then some men rose up from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and of Asia), disputing with Stephen.
6:10 But they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
6:11 Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
6:12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and came upon him and seized him and led him to the Sanhedrin,
6:13 and set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
6:14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us.”
6:15 All who sat in the Sanhedrin, gazing at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
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