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1 But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
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In those dayes as the nombre of the disciples grewe ther arose a grudge amonge the Grekes agaynst the Ebrues be cause their wyddowes were despysed in the dayly mynystracion.
2 So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.
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Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to gether and sayde: it is not mete that we shuld leave the worde of God and serve at the tables.
3 And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility.
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Wherfore brethren loke ye out amoge you seven men of honest reporte and full of the holy goost and wysdome which we maye apoynte to this nedfull busynes.
4 Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
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But we will geve oure selves cotinually to prayer and to the ministracion of ye worde.
5 Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith).
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And the sayinge pleased the whoale multitude. And they chose Steven a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philip and Prochorus and Nichanor and Timon and Permenas and Nicholas a converte of Antioche.
6 These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.
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Which they set before the Apostles and they prayed and layde their hondes on them.
7 So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
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And the worde of God encreased and the noubre of the disciples multiplied in Ierusalem greatly and a great company of the prestes were obedient to the faythe.
8 Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.
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And Steven full of faythe and power dyd great wondres and myracles amoge ye people.
9 But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia.
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Then ther arose certayne of the synagoge which are called Lybertines and Syrenites and of Alexandria and of Cilicia and Asia and disputed with Steven.
10 None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
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And they coulde not resist the wysdome and the sprete with which he spake.
11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.”
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Then sent they in men which sayd: we have hearde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God.
12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.
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And they moved ye people and the elders and the scribes: and came apon him and caught him and brought him to the counsell
13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
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and brought forth falce witnesses which sayde. This ma ceasith not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe:
14 We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
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for we hearde him saye: this Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and shall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gave vs.
15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
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And all that sate in ye counsell loked stedfastly on him and sawe his face as it had bene the face of an angell.
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