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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 ISV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/acts/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Seven Men are Chosen to Help the Apostles</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So the Twelve called the whole group of disciples together and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect messages from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:2 Lit. neglect the word of">a</a></span> God in order to wait on tables. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we’ll put them in charge of this work. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then we’ll devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This suggestion pleased the whole group. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So the word of God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:7 Other mss. read of the Lord">b</a></span> continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</p> <p class="heading">Stephen is Arrested</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So they secretly got some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. Then they rushed at Stephen,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:12 Lit. him">c</a></span> grabbed him, and brought him before the Council.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:12 Or Sanhedrin">d</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They had false witnesses stand up and say, “This man never stops saying things against this Holy Place and against the Law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:14 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name Nazareth.">e</a></span> will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then everyone who was seated in the Council<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:15 Or Sanhedrin">f</a></span> glared at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 6:2 Lit. <i>neglect the word of</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 6:7 Other mss. read <i>of the Lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 6:12 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 6:12 Or <i>Sanhedrin</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 6:14 Or <i>Jesus the Nazarene</i>; the Gk. <i>Nazoraios</i> may be a word play between Heb. <i>netser,</i> meaning <i>branch</i> (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name <i>Nazareth.</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 6:15 Or <i>Sanhedrin</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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 width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>