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Acts 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Now in those days, while the disciples were multiplying in number, there was grumbling from the [fn]Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - So the twelve summoned the [fn]congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not pleasing to God for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:3 - “Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this need.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And this word pleased the whole [fn]congregation, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a [fn]proselyte from Antioch.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:6 - And these they stood before the apostles, and after praying, they laid their hands on them.
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And the word of God kept on spreading, and the number of the disciples continued to multiply greatly in Jerusalem, and a great [fn]many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Stephen Accused of Blasphemy

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And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and [fn]signs among the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:9 - But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [fn]Asia, rose up and were arguing with Stephen.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - But they were unable to oppose the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:11 - Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:12 - And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came up to him, dragged him away, and brought him to the Sanhedrin.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases speaking words against this holy place and the Law;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:14 - for we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face like the face of an angel.
LSB Footnotes
Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation
Lit multitude
Lit multitude
A Gentile convert to Judaism
Lit crowd
Or attesting miracles
West coast province of Asia Minor
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