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Acts 6

Choosing of the Seven

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Nowg1161  1at thisg3778 timeg2250 while the  adisciplesg3101 were  bincreasingg4129 in number, a complaintg1112 aroseg1096 on the part of the  2 cHellenisticg1675 Jews againstg4314 the native  dHebrewsg1445, becauseg3754 their  ewidowsg5503 were being overlookedg3865 in  fthe dailyg2522 servingg1248 of food.

2

Sog1161 the twelveg1427 summonedg4341 the  1congregationg4128 of the disciplesg3101 and saidg3004, "It is not desirableg701 for us to neglectg2641 the wordg3056 of Godg2316 in order to serveg1247 tablesg5132.

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"Thereforeg1161,  abrethreng80, selectg1980a from amongg1537 you seveng2033 meng435 of goodg3140 reputationg3140,  bfullg4134 of the Spiritg4151 and of wisdomg4678, whomg3739 we may putg2525 in chargeg2525 of thisg3778 taskg5532.

4

"But we will  adevoteg4342 ourselvesg4342 to prayerg4335 and to the  1ministryg1248 of the wordg3056."

5

The statementg3056 foundg700 approvalg700 with the wholeg3956  1congregationg4128; and they choseg1586  aStepheng4736, a mang435  bfullg4134 of faithg4102 and of the Holyg40 Spiritg4151, and  cPhilipg5376, Prochorusg4402, Nicanorg3527, Timong5096, Parmenasg3937 and  2Nicolasg3532, a  3 dproselyteg4339 from  eAntiochg491.

6

And theseg3739 they broughtg2476 beforeg1799 the apostlesg652; and after  aprayingg4336, they  blaidg2007 their handsg5495 on them.

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 aThe wordg3056 of Godg2316 kept on spreadingg837; and  bthe numberg706 of the disciplesg3101 continued to increaseg4129 greatlyg4970 in Jerusalemg2419, and a greatg4183 manyg3793 of the priestsg2409 were becomingg5219 obedientg5219 to  cthe faithg4102.

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And Stepheng4736, fullg4134 of graceg5485 and powerg1411, was performingg4160 greatg3173  awondersg5059 and  1signsg4592 amongg1722 the peopleg2992.

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But someg5100 meng5100 from what was calledg3004 the Synagogueg4864 of the Freedmeng3032, including bothg2532  aCyreniansg2956 and  bAlexandriansg221, and someg3588 from  cCiliciag2791 and  1 dAsiag773, roseg450 up and arguedg4802 with Stepheng4736.

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But they were unableg3756g2480 to copeg436 with the wisdomg4678 and the Spiritg4151 with whichg3739 he was speakingg2980.

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Theng5119 they secretlyg5260 inducedg5260 meng435 to sayg3004, "We have heardg191 him speakg2980 blasphemousg989 wordsg4487 againstg1519 Mosesg3475 and against Godg2316."

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And they stirredg4787 up the peopleg2992, the eldersg4245 and the scribesg1122, and they  acameg2186 up to him and draggedg4884 him awayg4884 and broughtg71 him  1beforeg1519  bthe  2Councilg4892.

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They putg2476 forwardg2476  afalseg5571 witnessesg3144 who saidg3004, "Thisg3778 mang444 incessantlyg3756g3973 speaksg2980 againstg2596 thisg3778  bholyg40 placeg5117 and the Lawg3551;

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for we have heardg191 him sayg3004 that  athisg3778 Nazareneg3480, Jesusg2424, will destroyg2647 thisg3778 placeg5117 and alterg236  bthe customsg1485 whichg3739 Mosesg3475 handedg3860 downg3860 to us."

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And fixingg816 their gazeg816 on him, allg3956 who were sittingg2516 in the  1 aCouncilg4892 sawg3708 his faceg4383 likeg5616 the faceg4383 of an angelg32a.



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