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<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.</p> <p class="hdg">Stephen Arrested</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/acts/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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