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even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith.<a id="ren51006007-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51006007-c">c</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Accusation Against Stephen.</span> <span id="v51006008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn51006008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51006008-1">*</a> Now Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. <span id="v51006009" class="ver">9</span>Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, <span id="v51006010" class="ver">10</span>but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.<a id="ren51006010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51006010-d">d</a> <span id="v51006011" class="ver">11</span>Then they instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”<a id="ren51006011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51006011-e">e</a> <span id="v51006012" class="ver">12</span>They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, accosted him, seized him, and brought him before the Sanhedrin. <span id="v51006013" class="ver">13</span>They presented false witnesses<a id="rfn51006013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51006013-1">*</a> who testified, “This man never stops saying things against [this] holy place and the law. <span id="v51006014" class="ver">14</span>For we have heard him claim that this Jesus the Nazorean will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”<a id="ren51006014-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51006014-f">f</a> <span id="v51006015" class="ver">15</span>All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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