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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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="../">CPDV</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">Catholic Public Domain Version</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>In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And so the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: “It is not fair for us to leave behind the Word of God to serve at tables also. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, brothers, search among yourselves for seven men of good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom, whom we may appoint over this work. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet truly, we will be continually in prayer and in 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 plan pleased the entire multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and with the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, a new arrival from Antioch. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>These they set before the sight of the Apostles, and while praying, they imposed 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 the Lord was increasing, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied exceedingly. And even a large group of the priests were obedient to 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>Then Stephen, filled with grace and fortitude, wrought great signs and miracles among the people. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But certain ones, from the synagogue of the so-called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia rose up and were disputing with Stephen. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the 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 suborned men who were to claim that they had heard him speaking words of blasphemy against Moses and against God. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And thus did they stir up the people and the elders and the scribes. And hurrying together, they seized him and brought him to the council. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And they set up false witnesses, who said: “This man does not cease to speak words against the 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 will change the traditions, which Moses handed down to us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And all those who were sitting in the council, gazing at him, saw his face, as if it had become the face of an Angel.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><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>