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Acts 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Now in those days, while the disciples were multiplying in number, there was grumbling from the [fn]Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - So the twelve summoned the [fn]congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not pleasing to God for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:3 - “Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And this word pleased the whole [fn]congregation, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a [fn]proselyte from Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - And these they stood before the apostles, and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

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And the word of God kept on spreading, and the number of the disciples continued to multiply greatly in Jerusalem, and a great [fn]many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Stephen Accused of Blasphemy

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And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and [fn]signs among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:9 - But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [fn]Asia, rose up and were arguing with Stephen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - But they were unable to oppose the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:11 - Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:12 - And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came up to him, dragged him away, and brought him to the Sanhedrin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases speaking words against this holy place and the Law;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:14 - for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face like the face of an angel.
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Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation
Lit multitude
Lit multitude
A Gentile convert to Judaism
Lit crowd
Or attesting miracles
West coast province of Asia Minor
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