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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 6 Godbey New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Godbey New Testament</a> > Acts 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/5.htm" title="Acts 5">◄</a> Acts 6 <a href="../acts/7.htm" title="Acts 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Godbey New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/6-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Choosing of the Seven<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_timothy/3.htm#8">1 Timothy 3:8–13</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them.<p> <A name="8"></a><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 exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Arrest of Stephen<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and miracles among the people. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And certain ones of the synagogues, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up disputing with Stephen, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then they bribed men, saying, that we have heard him speaking words blasphemous against Moses and God. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they excited the people and the elders and scribes, and coming upon him, seized him, and led him into the council, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and they raised up false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place and the law; <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>for we have heard him saying, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And all sitting in the council, having fixed their eyes on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Godbey New Testament (1902)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>