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And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Proch'orus, and Nica'nor, and Ti'mon, and Par'menas, and Nicola'us, a proselyte of Antioch.
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These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.
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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
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Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyre'nians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cili'cia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen.
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But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
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Then they secretly instigated men, who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
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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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and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;
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for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
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And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.