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But somemen from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both1Cyrenians and 2Alexandrians, and some from 3Cilicia and 4Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.
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But they were unable* to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
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Then they secretlyinducedmen to say, "We have heard him speakblasphemouswordsagainstMoses and against God."
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And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they 5came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before6the Council.
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They putforward7falsewitnesses who said, "Thismanincessantly*speaksagainstthis8holyplace and the Law;
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for we have heard him say that 9thisNazarene, Jesus, will destroythisplace and alter10the customswhichMoseshandeddown to us."
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And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the 11Councilsaw his facelike the face of an angel.
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