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whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.
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And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought wonders and great signs among the people.
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And there arose up certain of those of the synagogue called of freedmen, and of Cyrenians, and of Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
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Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.
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And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.
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And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;
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for we have heard him saying, This Jesus the Nazaraean shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses taught us.
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And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as [the] face of an angel.