(4) But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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(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 Proch-o-rus, and Ni-ca-nor, and Timon, and Par-me-nas, and Nicolas a proselyte of An-ti-och:
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(6) Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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(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.
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(8) And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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(9) Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Li-ber-tines, and Cy-re-ni-ans, and Alexandrians, and of them of Ci-lic-i-a and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
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(10) And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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(11) Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
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(12) And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
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(13) And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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(14) For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
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(15) And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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(1) THEN said the high priest, Are these things so?
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(2) And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a, before he dwelt in Char-ran,
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(3) And said unto him, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
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(4) Then came he out of the land of the Chal-dae-ans, and dwelt in Char-ran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
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(5) And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
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(6) And God spake on this wise, strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
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(7) And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
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(8) And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.