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Acts 6 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Choosing of the Seven

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Now [fn]at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the [fn]Hellenistic Jews against the native 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 desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - The [fn]announcement found approval with 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 [fn]Nicolas, a [fn]proselyte from Antioch.

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

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The word of God kept spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

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And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing 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 argued with Stephen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - But they were unable to [fn]cope with his 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 and dragged him away, and brought him [fn]before the [fn]Council.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop [fn]speaking against this holy place and the Law;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And all who were sitting in the [fn]Council stared at him, and they saw his face, which was like the face of an angel.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit in these days
Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation
Lit multitude
Or service
Lit word
Lit multitude
Gr Nikolaos
I.e., a Gentile convert to Judaism
I.e., confirming miracles
I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
Lit oppose
Lit into
Or Sanhedrin
Lit speaking words
Or Sanhedrin
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Acts Chapter 6 — Additional Translations:

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