Verse 2
Acts 6:2
World English Bible
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The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God (Elohim) and serve 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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Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hell...
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Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of...
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But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
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These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spi...
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whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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The word of God (Elohim) increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceeding...
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Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
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They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and...
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They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and br...
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and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this h...
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