New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Acts chapter 6

Around this time, as the number of kept growing, the started complaining against the . They said their were being overlooked in the .So called all the followers together and said, “It wouldn’t be right for us to neglect getting out in order to .So, , pick out seven men from among you who are known to be full of and . We’ll put them in charge of this responsibility.That way, we can focus on prayer and on .”The whole group liked this idea. So they chose , a man overflowing with and the Breath of God, along with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus from Antioch, who had .They brought these men to the , who prayed and .And . The number of followers in Jerusalem grew dramatically, and even a large number of started .Now Stephen, overflowing with God’s and power, was doing incredible things and among the people.But some people from what was called the —Jews from , , Cilicia, and the province of Asia—stood up and started arguing with Stephen.But they couldn’t hold their own against the wisdom and that Stephen spoke with.So they to claim, “We heard him say things against and against God.”This stirred up the people, the , and the . They seized Stephen and dragged him before the .They brought in who said, “This man never stops talking against and against .We’ve heard him say that this will destroy this place and change the that Moses to us.”Everyone sitting in the council Stephen, and they saw that his face looked like the .