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So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them.

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Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.

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And we--and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him--are witnesses as to these things."

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Infuriated at getting this answer, they were disposed to kill the Apostles.

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But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside the court for a few minutes.

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But if it is really from God, you will be powerless to put them down--lest perhaps you find yourselves to be actually fighting against God."

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His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

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About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.

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So the Twelve called together the general body of the disciples and said, "It does not seem fitting that we Apostles should neglect the delivery of God's Message and minister at tables.

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Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.

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But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."

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And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.

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But some members of the so-called `Synagogue of the Freed-men,' together with some Cyrenaeans, Alexandrians, Cilicians and men from Roman Asia, were roused to encounter Stephen in debate.

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Then the High Priest asked him, "Are these statements true?"

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The reply of Stephen was, "Sirs--brethren and fathers--listen to me. God Most Glorious appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

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And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.

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But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.

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When, however, Jacob heard that there was wheat to be had, he sent our forefathers into Egypt; that was the first time.

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Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,

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and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,

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"But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,

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At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.

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So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.

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"And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.

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He supposed his brethren to be aware that by him God was sending them deliverance; this, however, they did not understand.

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