ABP - Acts - 6

6:1  And in these days [3were multiplying 1the 2disciples], and there took place a grumbling of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that [2were overlooked 3in 4the 6service 5daily 1their widows].

6:2  [4having called 1And 2the 3twelve] the multitude of the disciples, said, [2not 3pleasing 1It is] for us leaving behind the word of God, to serve tables.

6:3  Number [2then 1brethren]! men from among you being witnesses -- seven men, full [2spirit 1of holy] and wisdom, whom we will place over this need.

6:4  But we in prayer and in the service of the word will attend constantly.

6:5  And [3was pleasing 1the 2word] before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of belief and [2spirit 1holy], and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a convert of Antioch,

6:6  whom they stood before the apostles. And having prayed, they placed [2on them 1hands].

6:7  And the word of God grew, and [5was multiplied 1the 2number 3of the 4disciples] in Jerusalem exceedingly; also a great multitude of the priests hearkened to the belief.

6:8  And Stephen, full of belief and power, did miracles and [2signs 1great] among the people.

6:9  And rose up certain ones of the ones from the synagogue, the one being called Libertines -- and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and the ones from Cilicia, and Asia, debating with Stephen.

6:10  And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit which he spoke.

6:11  Then they suborned men, saying that, We have heard him speaking [2words 1blasphemous] against Moses and God.

6:12  And they agitated together the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and attending to it they seized him, and brought him to the sanhedrin.

6:13  And they set [2witnesses 1false], saying, This man does not cease [3words 2blasphemous 1speaking] against [3place 2holy 1this], and the law.

6:14  For we have heard him saying, that [2Jesus 3the 4Nazarene 1this] will destroy this place, and change the customs which [2delivered up 3to us 1Moses].

6:15  And having gazed onto him, all the ones being seated in the sanhedrin beheld his face as the face of an angel.