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these they set before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid
their hands on them.
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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and also a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles in the people.
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and
against God.
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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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and set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law,
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for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered us.
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Then all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.