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8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles 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 there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing 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 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.
11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against 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 came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to 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 set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous 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 shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered 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 all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been 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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