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We will appoint this responsibility to them <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They presented these seven to the apostles,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> who prayed and laid their hands on them. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Arrest of Stephen<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> They began to argue with Stephen, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against 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 say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>the Hellenists began to grumble against the Hebrews</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>and Nicolas, a convert of Antioch,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>—whom they set before the apostles,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>and those from Cilicia and Asia</i><span class="thin"> </span>; the Roman Province of Asia was located in what is now western Turkey.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>the Council</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 15<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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