Stephen Accused of Blasphemy
8 Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
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Then some from what is called the Freedmen's Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.
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But they were unable to stand up against the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he spoke.
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Then they induced men to say, "We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"
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They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came up, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.
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They also presented false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
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For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."
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And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.