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Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Ruach HaKodesh and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
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But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."
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These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Ruach HaKodesh, Pilipos, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
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whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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The word of God increased and the number of the talmidim multiplied in Yerushalayim exceedingly. A great company of the Kohanim were obedient to the faith.
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Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
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But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
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They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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Then they secretly induced men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moshe and God."
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They stirred up the people, the Zakenim, and the Sofrim, and came on him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,
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and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.