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8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
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Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.
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Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.
10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
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But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.
11 Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
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Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,
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So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
13 and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
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They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us."
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For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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