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And now I tell you to hold aloof from these men and leave them alone--for if this scheme or work is of human origin, it will come to nothing.

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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."

καὶ kai “also”

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.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

But they did not desist from teaching every day, in the Temple or in private houses, and telling the Good News about Jesus, the Christ.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

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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The suggestion met with general approval, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.

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These men they brought to the Apostles, and, after prayer, they laid their hands upon them.

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Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.

Καὶ Kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

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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They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

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Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God."

καὶ kai “and”

In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin.

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Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

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For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull this place down to the ground and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

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At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.

καὶ kai “And”

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 said to him, "`Leave your country and your relatives, and go into whatever land I point out to you.'

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But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground. And yet He promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity after him--and promised this at a time when Abraham was childless.

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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.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

"`And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; `and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'

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"Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac--whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.

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"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him

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and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him governor over Egypt and all the royal household.

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