<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5025">those</s><sn="2250">days</s>, when the number of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s> were <sn="4129">multiplied</s>, there <sn="1096">arose</s> a <sn="1112">murmuring</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1675">Grecians</s><sn="4314">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1445">Hebrews</s>, <sn="3754">because</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="5503">widows</s> were <sn="3865">neglected</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2522">daily</s><sn="1248">ministration</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1427">twelve</s><sn="4341">called</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4128">multitude</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s> unto them, and <sn="2036">said</s>, It <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="701">reason</s> that <sn="2248">we</s> should <sn="2641">leave</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, and <sn="1247">serve</s><sn="5132">tables</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3767">Wherefore</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, look ye <sn="1980">out</s><sn="1537">among</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="2033">seven</s><sn="435">men</s> of honest <sn="3140">report</s>, <sn="4134">full</s> of the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s> we may <sn="2525">appoint</s><sn="1909">over</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="5532">business</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2249">we</s> will give ourselves <sn="4342">continually</s> to <sn="4335">prayer</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1248">ministry</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">saying</s><sn="700">pleased</s><sn="*1799">the</s><sn="3956">whole</s><sn="4128">multitude</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="1586">chose</s><sn="4736">Stephen</s>, a <sn="435">man</s><sn="4134">full</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">and</s> of the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5376">Philip</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4402">Prochorus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3527">Nicanor</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5096">Timon</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3937">Parmenas</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3532">Nicolas</s> a <sn="4339">proselyte</s> of <sn="491">Antioch</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3739">Whom</s> they <sn="2476">set</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> when they had <sn="4336">prayed</s>, they laid their hands <sn="2007 5495">on</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="837">increased</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="706">number</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s><sn="4129">multiplied</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s><sn="4970">greatly</s>; <sn="5037">and</s> a <sn="4183">great</s><sn="3793">company</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2409">priests</s> were <sn="5219">obedient</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="4736">Stephen</s>, <sn="4134">full</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1411">power</s>, <sn="4160">did</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="5059">wonders</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4592">miracles</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">Then</s> there <sn="450">arose</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogue</s>, which is <sn="3004">called</s> the synagogue of the <sn="3032">Libertines</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2956">Cyrenians</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="221">Alexandrians</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3588">them</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2791">Cilicia</s><sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="773">Asia</s>, disputing <sn="4802">with</s><sn="4736">Stephen</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s> they were not <sn="2480 3756">able</s> to <sn="436">resist</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirit</s> by <sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="2980">spake</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="5119">Then</s> they <sn="5260">suborned</s><sn="435">men</s>, which <sn="3004">said</s>, We have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2980">speak</s><sn="989">blasphemous</s><sn="4487">words</s><sn="1519">against</s><sn="3475">Moses</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> against <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5037">And</s> they stirred <sn="4787">up</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4245">elders</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1122">scribes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> came <sn="2186">upon</s> him, and <sn="4884">caught</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="71">brought</s> him <sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4892">council</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="5037">And</s> set <sn="2476">up</s><sn="5571">false</s><sn="3144">witnesses</s>, which <sn="3004">said</s>, <sn="3778">This</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="3973">ceaseth</s><sn="3756">not</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="989">blasphemous</s><sn="4487">words</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="5117">place</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s> we have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3004">say</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> of <sn="3480">Nazareth</s> shall <sn="2647">destroy</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="5117">place</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="236">change</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1485">customs</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="3475">Moses</s><sn="3860">delivered</s><sn="2254">us</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="537">all</s> that <sn="2516">sat</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4892">council</s>, looking <sn="816">steadfastly</s><sn="1519">on</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="4383">face</s> as it had <sn="5616">been</s> the <sn="4383">face</s> of an <sn="32">angel</s>. </v>