| Chapter 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. |
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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. |
