strkjv@Acts:6:1
@
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
.
strkjv@Acts:6:2
@
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
.
strkjv@Acts:6:3
@
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
.
strkjv@Acts:6:4
@
But
we
will give ourselves
continually
to
prayer
,
and
to the
ministry
of the
word
.
strkjv@Acts:6:5
@
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
:
strkjv@Acts:6:6
@
Whom
they
set
before
the
apostles
:
and
when they had
prayed
, they
laid
their
hands
on
them
.
strkjv@Acts:6:7
@
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
.
strkjv@Acts:6:8
@
And
Stephen
,
full
of
faith
and
power
,
did
great
wonders
and
miracles
among
the
people
.
strkjv@Acts:6:9
@
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
.
strkjv@Acts:6:10
@
And
they
were
not
able
to
resist
the
wisdom
and
the
spirit
by
which
he
spake
.
strkjv@Acts:6:11
@
Then
they
suborned
men
, which
said
,
We have
heard
him
speak
blasphemous
words
against
Moses
,
and
against
God
.
strkjv@Acts:6:12
@
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
,
strkjv@Acts:6:13
@
And
set
up
false
witnesses
, which
said
,
This
man
ceaseth
not
to
speak
blasphemous
words
against
this
holy
place
,
and
the
law
:
strkjv@Acts:6:14
@
For
we have
heard
him
say
,
that
this
Jesus
of
Nazareth
shall
destroy
this
place
,
and
shall
change
the
customs
which
Moses
delivered
us
.
strkjv@Acts:6:15
@
And
all
that
sat
in
the
council
, looking
stedfastly
on
him
,
saw
his
face
as it had
been
the
face
of an
angel
.
strkjv@Acts:7:1
@
Then
said
the high
priest
,
Are
these
things
so
?
strkjv@Acts:7:2
@
And
he
said
,
Men
,
brethren
,
and
fathers
,
hearken
; The
God
of
glory
appeared
unto
our
father
Abraham
, when he
was
in
Mesopotamia
,
before
he
dwelt
in
Charran
,
strkjv@Acts:7:3
@
And
said
unto
him
, Get
thee
out
of
thy
country
,
and
from
thy
kindred
,
and
come
into
the
land
which
I shall
shew
thee
.
strkjv@Acts:7:4
@
Then
came
he
out
of
the
land
of the
Chaldaeans
, and
dwelt
in
Charran
: and from
thence
,
when
his
father
was
dead
, he
removed
him
into
this
land
,
wherein
ye
now
dwell
.
strkjv@Acts:7:5
@
And
he
gave
him
none
inheritance
in
it
, no,
not
so much as to
set
his
foot
on
:
yet
he
promised
that he would
give
it
to
him
for
a
possession
,
and
to
his
seed
after
him
, when as yet
he
had
no
child
.
strkjv@Acts:7:6
@
And
God
spake
on this
wise
,
That
his
seed
should
sojourn
in
a
strange
land
;
and
that they should
bring
them
into
bondage
,
and
entreat them
evil
four
hundred
years
.
strkjv@Acts:7:7
@
And
the
nation
to
whom
they shall be in
bondage
will
I
judge
,
said
God
:
and
after
that
shall they come
forth
,
and
serve
me
in
this
place
.
strkjv@Acts:7:8
@
And
he
gave
him
the
covenant
of
circumcision
:
and
so
Abraham
begat
Isaac
,
and
circumcised
him
the
eighth
day
;
and
Isaac
begat
Jacob
;
and
Jacob
begat the
twelve
patriarchs
.
strkjv@Acts:7:9
@
And
the
patriarchs
, moved with
envy
,
sold
Joseph
into
Egypt
:
but
God
was
with
him
,
strkjv@Acts:7:10
@
And
delivered
him
out
of
all
his
afflictions
,
and
gave
him
favour
and
wisdom
in the
sight
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
;
and
he
made
him
governor
over
Egypt
and
all
his
house
.
strkjv@Acts:7:11
@
Now
there
came
a
dearth
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt
and
Chanaan
,
and
great
affliction
:
and
our
fathers
found
no
sustenance
.
strkjv@Acts:7:12
@
But
when
Jacob
heard
that there
was
corn
in
Egypt
, he sent
out
our
fathers
first
.
strkjv@Acts:7:13
@
And
at
the
second
time
Joseph
was made
known
to
his
brethren
;
and
Josephs
kindred
was
made
known
unto
Pharaoh
.
strkjv@Acts:7:14
@
Then
sent
Joseph
, and
called
his
father
Jacob
to him,
and
all
his
kindred
,
threescore
and
fifteen
souls
.
strkjv@Acts:7:15
@
So
Jacob
went
down
into
Egypt
,
and
died
,
he
,
and
our
fathers
,
strkjv@Acts:7:16
@
And
were carried
over
into
Sychem
,
and
laid
in
the
sepulchre
that
Abraham
bought
for a
sum
of
money
of
the
sons
of
Emmor
the
father
of
Sychem
.
strkjv@Acts:7:17
@
But
when
the
time
of the
promise
drew
nigh
,
which
God
had
sworn
to
Abraham
, the
people
grew
and
multiplied
in
Egypt
,
strkjv@Acts:7:18
@
Till
another
king
arose
,
which
knew
not
Joseph
.
strkjv@Acts:7:19
@ The
same
dealt
subtilly
with
our
kindred
, and evil
entreated
our
fathers
, so
that
they cast
out
their
young
children
, to the
end
they
might
not
live
.
strkjv@Acts:7:20
@
In
which
time
Moses
was
born
,
and
was
exceeding
fair
,
and
nourished
up
in
his
fathers
house
three
months
:
strkjv@Acts:7:21
@
And
when
he
was cast
out
,
Pharaohs
daughter
took
him
up
,
and
nourished
him
for
her
own
son
.
strkjv@Acts:7:22
@
And
Moses
was
learned
in
all
the
wisdom
of the
Egyptians
,
and
was
mighty
in
words
and
in
deeds
.
strkjv@Acts:7:23
@
And
when
he
was
full
forty
years
old
, it
came
into
his
heart
to
visit
his
brethren
the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Acts:7:24
@
And
seeing
one
of them suffer
wrong
, he
defended
him,
and
avenged
him that was
oppressed
, and
smote
the
Egyptian
:
strkjv@Acts:7:25
@
For
he
supposed
his
brethren
would have
understood
how
that
God
by
his
hand
would
deliver
them
:
but
they
understood
not
.
strkjv@Acts:7:26
@
And
the
next
day
he shewed
himself
unto
them
as they
strove
,
and
would have
set
them
at
one
again
,
saying
,
Sirs
,
ye
are
brethren
;
why
do ye
wrong
one to
another
?
strkjv@Acts:7:27
@
But
he that
did
his
neighbour
wrong
thrust
him
away
,
saying
,
Who
made
thee
a
ruler
and
a
judge
over
us
?
strkjv@Acts:7:28
@
Wilt
thou
kill
me
,
as
thou
diddest
the
Egyptian
yesterday
?
strkjv@Acts:7:29
@
Then
fled
Moses
at
this
saying
,
and
was
a
stranger
in
the
land
of
Madian
,
where
he
begat
two
sons
.
strkjv@Acts:7:30
@
And
when
forty
years
were
expired
, there
appeared
to
him
in
the
wilderness
of
mount
Sina
an
angel
of the
Lord
in
a
flame
of
fire
in a
bush
.
strkjv@Acts:7:31
@
When
Moses
saw
it, he
wondered
at the
sight
:
and
as
he
drew
near
to
behold
it, the
voice
of the
Lord
came
unto
him
,
strkjv@Acts:7:32
@ Saying,
I
am the
God
of
thy
fathers
, the
God
of
Abraham
,
and
the
God
of
Isaac
,
and
the
God
of
Jacob
.
Then
Moses
trembled
, and
durst
not
behold
.
strkjv@Acts:7:33
@
Then
said
the
Lord
to
him
, Put
off
thy
shoes
from
thy
feet
:
for
the
place
where
thou
standest
is
holy
ground
.
strkjv@Acts:7:34
@ I have
seen
, I have
seen
the
affliction
of
my
people
which
is
in
Egypt
,
and
I have
heard
their
groaning
,
and
am come
down
to
deliver
them
.
And
now
come
, I will
send
thee
into
Egypt
.
strkjv@Acts:7:35
@
This
Moses
whom
they
refused
,
saying
,
Who
made
thee
a
ruler
and
a
judge
? the
same
did
God
send
to be a
ruler
and
a
deliverer
by
the
hand
of the
angel
which
appeared
to
him
in
the
bush
.
strkjv@Acts:7:36
@
He
brought
them
out
, after that he had
shewed
wonders
and
signs
in
the
land
of
Egypt
,
and
in
the
Red
sea
,
and
in
the
wilderness
forty
years
.
strkjv@Acts:7:37
@
This
is
that
Moses
,
which
said
unto the
children
of
Israel
, A
prophet
shall
the
Lord
your
God
raise
up
unto
you
of
your
brethren
,
like
unto
me
;
him
shall ye
hear
.
strkjv@Acts:7:38
@
This
is
he
, that
was
in
the
church
in
the
wilderness
with
the
angel
which
spake
to
him
in
the
mount
Sina
,
and
with
our
fathers
:
who
received
the
lively
oracles
to
give
unto
us
:
strkjv@Acts:7:39
@ To
whom
our
fathers
would
not
obey
,
but
thrust him from
them
,
and
in
their
hearts
turned back
again
into
Egypt
,
strkjv@Acts:7:40
@
Saying
unto
Aaron
,
Make
us
gods
to
go
before
us
:
for
as for
this
Moses
,
which
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
, we
wot
not
what
is
become
of
him
.
strkjv@Acts:7:41
@
And
they made a
calf
in
those
days
,
and
offered
sacrifice
unto the
idol
,
and
rejoiced
in
the
works
of their
own
hands
.
strkjv@Acts:7:42
@
Then
God
turned
,
and
gave
them
up
to
worship
the
host
of
heaven
; as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of the
prophets
, O ye
house
of
Israel
, have ye
offered
to
me
slain
beasts
and
sacrifices
by the space of
forty
years
in
the
wilderness
?
strkjv@Acts:7:43
@
Yea
, ye took
up
the
tabernacle
of
Moloch
,
and
the
star
of
your
god
Remphan
,
figures
which
ye
made
to
worship
them
:
and
I will
carry
you
away
beyond
Babylon
.
strkjv@Acts:7:44
@
Our
fathers
had
the
tabernacle
of
witness
in
the
wilderness
,
as
he had
appointed
,
speaking
unto
Moses
, that he should
make
it
according
to the
fashion
that
he had
seen
.
strkjv@Acts:7:45
@
Which
also
our
fathers
that
came
after brought
in
with
Jesus
into
the
possession
of the
Gentiles
,
whom
God
drave
out
before
the
face
of
our
fathers
,
unto
the
days
of
David
;
strkjv@Acts:7:46
@
Who
found
favour
before
God
,
and
desired
to
find
a
tabernacle
for the
God
of
Jacob
.
strkjv@Acts:7:47
@
But
Solomon
built
him
an
house
.
strkjv@Acts:7:48
@
Howbeit
the most
High
dwelleth
not
in
temples
made with
hands
;
as
saith
the
prophet
,
strkjv@Acts:7:49
@
Heaven
is
my
throne
,
and
earth
is
my
footstool
:
what
house
will ye
build
me
?
saith
the
Lord
:
or
what
is the
place
of
my
rest
?
strkjv@Acts:7:50
@
Hath
not
my
hand
made
all
these
things
?
strkjv@Acts:7:51
@ Ye
stiffnecked
and
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
ears
,
ye
do
always
resist
the
Holy
Ghost
:
as
your
fathers
did,
so
do
ye
.
strkjv@Acts:7:52
@
Which
of the
prophets
have
not
your
fathers
persecuted
?
and
they have
slain
them
which
shewed
before
of
the
coming
of the Just
One
; of
whom
ye
have
been
now
the
betrayers
and
murderers
:
strkjv@Acts:7:53
@
Who
have
received
the
law
by
the
disposition
of
angels
,
and
have
not
kept
it.
strkjv@Acts:7:54
@
When
they
heard
these
things
, they were
cut
to the
heart
,
and
they
gnashed
on
him
with their
teeth
.
strkjv@Acts:7:55
@
But
he,
being
full
of the
Holy
Ghost
, looked up
stedfastly
into
heaven
, and
saw
the
glory
of
God
,
and
Jesus
standing
on
the right
hand
of
God
,
strkjv@Acts:7:56
@
And
said
,
Behold
, I
see
the
heavens
opened
,
and
the
Son
of
man
standing
on
the right
hand
of
God
.
strkjv@Acts:7:57
@
Then
they cried
out
with a
loud
voice
, and
stopped
their
ears
,
and
ran
upon
him
with one
accord
,
strkjv@Acts:7:58
@
And
cast
him out
of
the
city
, and
stoned
him:
and
the
witnesses
laid
down
their
clothes
at
a young
mans
feet
, whose name
was
Saul
.
strkjv@Acts:7:59
@
And
they
stoned
Stephen
, calling
upon
God,
and
saying
,
Lord
Jesus
,
receive
my
spirit
.
strkjv@Acts:7:60
@
And
he kneeled
down
, and
cried
with a
loud
voice
,
Lord
,
lay
not
this
sin
to
their
charge.
And
when he had
said
this
, he fell
asleep
.
strkjv@Acts:8:1
@
And
Saul
was
consenting
unto
his
death
.
And
at
that
time
there
was
a
great
persecution
against
the
church
which
was
at
Jerusalem
;
and
they
were
all
scattered
abroad
throughout
the
regions
of
Judaea
and
Samaria
,
except
the
apostles
.
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