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Acts Chapter 6

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In Acts Chapter 6 the apostles Paul and Barnabas appoint two men named Silas and Lysanias to help the ministry in Jerusalem. They bring gifts and discuss how the fellowship should be divided among the believers. The chapter highlights the growing tension between the Jerusalem church and the Gentile believers.

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(1) And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
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Acts 6:7Acts 2:41Acts 2:47Acts 4:4Acts 5:14Acts 5:28Psalms 72:16Psalms 110:3Isaiah 27:6Jeremiah 30:19I Corinthians 10:10Hebrews 13:1

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Acts 6:7Revelation 13:18Mark 2:18John 6:22

(2) Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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Acts 21:22Acts 4:19Acts 25:27Exodus 18:17Exodus 18:18Exodus 18:19Exodus 18:20Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:22Exodus 18:23Exodus 18:24Exodus 18:25

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Numbers 7:87Matthew 14:19Numbers 7:84Revelation 7:5Revelation 7:6Revelation 7:7

(3) Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
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Acts 9:30Acts 15:23Matthew 23:8I John 3:14I John 3:15I John 3:16Acts 1:21Numbers 11:16Deuteronomy 1:13I Corinthians 16:3II Corinthians 8:19II Corinthians 8:20

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I Kings 4:30

(4) But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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Acts 2:42Acts 20:19Acts 20:20Acts 20:21Acts 20:22Acts 20:23Acts 20:24Acts 20:25Acts 20:26Acts 20:27Acts 20:28Acts 20:29

(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:
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Acts 15:22Genesis 41:37Proverbs 15:1Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 25:11Proverbs 25:12Acts 6:3Acts 6:8Acts 6:10Acts 7:1Acts 7:2Acts 7:3

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Luke 11:36Matthew 9:22Mark 4:1Mark 5:34Luke 11:34Acts 11:26

(6) Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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Acts 1:24Acts 8:17Acts 9:17Acts 13:3I Timothy 4:14I Timothy 5:22II Timothy 1:6

(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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Acts 12:24Acts 19:20Colossians 1:6II Timothy 2:9Acts 21:20II Chronicles 29:34II Chronicles 30:24Psalms 132:9Psalms 132:16Matthew 19:30Luke 2:34John 12:42

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Acts 16:5Acts 6:1Revelation 13:18Romans 1:17James 2:18Mark 2:18

(8) And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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Acts 6:3Acts 6:5Acts 6:10Acts 6:15Acts 7:55Ephesians 4:11I Timothy 3:13Acts 2:17Acts 2:18Acts 4:29Acts 4:30Acts 8:6

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Acts 6:5Romans 1:17James 2:18

(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.
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Acts 13:45Acts 17:17Acts 17:18Acts 22:19Acts 26:11Matthew 10:17Matthew 23:34Mark 13:9Luke 21:12Acts 2:10Acts 11:20Acts 13:1

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Luke 4:38Acts 18:7Acts 19:8

(10) And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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Acts 5:39Acts 7:51Exodus 4:12Isaiah 54:17Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 1:19Jeremiah 15:20Ezekiel 3:27Matthew 10:19Matthew 10:20Luke 12:11Luke 12:12

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Luke 21:15I Kings 4:30

(11) Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
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Acts 23:12Acts 23:13Acts 23:14Acts 23:15Acts 24:1Acts 24:2Acts 24:3Acts 24:4Acts 24:5Acts 24:6Acts 24:7Acts 24:8

(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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Acts 13:50Acts 14:2Acts 17:5Acts 17:13Acts 21:27Proverbs 15:18Acts 4:1Acts 4:2Acts 4:3Acts 5:18Acts 5:27Acts 16:19

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Mark 15:1Luke 22:66

(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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Acts 6:11Psalms 27:12Psalms 35:11Psalms 56:5

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Matthew 26:60

(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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Acts 25:8Isaiah 66:1Isaiah 66:2Isaiah 66:3Isaiah 66:4Isaiah 66:5Isaiah 66:6Jeremiah 7:4Jeremiah 7:5Jeremiah 7:6Jeremiah 7:7Jeremiah 7:8

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Leviticus 27:33

(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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Exodus 34:29Exodus 34:30Exodus 34:31Exodus 34:32Exodus 34:33Exodus 34:34Exodus 34:35Ecclesiastes 8:1Matthew 13:43Matthew 17:2II Corinthians 3:7II Corinthians 3:8

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15

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