5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: |
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. |
7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. |
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. |
9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. |
10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. |
11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. |
