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ACTS 6:1
Acts 6:1
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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. |
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ACTS 6:2
Acts 6:2
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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. |
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ACTS 6:3
Acts 6:3
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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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ACTS 6:4
Acts 6:4
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But we will give ourselves continually to prayer,
and to the ministry of the word. |
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ACTS 6:5
Acts 6:5
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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: |
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ACTS 6:6
Acts 6:6
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Whom they set before the apostles: and when
they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. |
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ACTS 6:7
Acts 6:7
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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. |
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ACTS 6:8
Acts 6:8
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people. |
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ACTS 6:9
Acts 6:9
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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. |
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ACTS 6:10
Acts 6:10
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And they were not able to resist the wisdom
and the spirit by which he spake. |
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ACTS 6:11
Acts 6:11
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Then they suborned men, which said, We have
heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. |
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ACTS 6:12
Acts 6:12
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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, |
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ACTS 6:13
Acts 6:13
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And set up false witnesses, which said, This
man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: |
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ACTS 6:14
Acts 6:14
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For we have heard him say, that this Jesus
of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses
delivered us. |
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ACTS 6:15
Acts 6:15
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And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly
on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. |
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