This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.
So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
The watchman said, ‘The way the first man runs looks to me like the way Ahimaaz son of Zadok runs.’ ‘This is a good man; he comes with good news,’ the king commented.
And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, ‘He’s a good man.’ Others were saying, ‘No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.’