Verse 2
Acts 6:2
Young's Literal Translation
2
and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God (Elohim), do minister at tables;
Original Language Text
greek
προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπαν· Οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διακονεῖν τραπέζαις·
English Translation
But the twelve called the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not good for us to leave the word of God and serve tables."
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Chapter 6 Context
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And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrew...
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and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we...
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look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit a...
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and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'
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And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of fait...
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whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.
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And the word of God (Elohim) did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem...
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,
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and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alex...
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and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
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then they suborned men, saying -- 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and Go...
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They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they...
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they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against thi...
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for we have heard him saying, That this Yashua (Jesus) the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and...
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and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenge...
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