Acts:6

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* IN those days , when the number of disciples was increasing , the Greek-speaking Jews began to grumble at the Hebrew Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily service . * Then the twelve called the body of disciples together and said , "We do not wish to leave the message of God and wait on tables . * Therefore , brethren , pick out seven men from among you , men of reputation , full of the Spirit and of wisdom , and we will appoint them to look after this need . * But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the message ." * This proposal pleased the whole body . So they chose Stephen , a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit , and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus , a proselyte from Antioch . * These they presented before the apostles , who after prayer laid their hands upon them . * The message of God continued to spread and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly , and even a great body of the priests were obedient to the faith . * Stephen , full of grace and of power , was doing great wonders and signs among the people . * But certain persons from what was called the synagogue of the Libyans and Cyrenians and Alexandrians , and some from Cilicia and Asia , rose up and disputed with Stephen ; * yet they could not hold their own against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke . * Then they got some men to say , "We have heard him speaking profane words against Moses and against God ." * They excited the people and the elders and the scribes , and coming suddenly upon Stephen they arrested him and led him to the Council . * There they put forward false witnesses who said , "This man never ceases saying things against this holy place and the law . * We have heard him say that this Jesus , the Nazarene , will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us ." * All who were sitting in the Council as they looked at him saw that his face was like the face of an angel .

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