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Acts 6:5

James Moffatt - New Testament

This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch;

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(for he was a good man, full of the holy Spirit and faith). Considerable numbers of people were brought in for the Lord.

and started next morning for Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist (he belonged to the Seven,

Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.

Said the high priest, "Is this true?"

Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty,

Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

Now those who had been scattered by the trouble which arose over Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they preached the word to none except Jews.

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

So even with you; you likewise have some adherents of the tenets of the Nicolaitans.

Still, you have this in your favour: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, and I hate them too.

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

and on finding him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught considerable numbers. It was at Antioch too that the disciples were originally called "Christians."

During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'




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