Stephen
Seized
8
NOW STEPHEN,
A
MAN FULL OF GOD'S GRACE AND POWER,
DID
GREAT WONDERS AND MIRACULOUS SIGNS
AMONG
THE PEOPLE.
9
Opposition arose, however,
From
members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen
(As
it was called)--
Jews
of Cyrene and Alexandria
As
well as the Provinces of Cilicia and Asia.
THESE
MEN BEGAN TO ARGUE WITH STEPHEN,
10
BUT THEY COULD NOT STAND UP
AGAINST
HIS WISDOM
OR
THE SPIRIT BY WHICH HE SPOKE.
11Then
they Secretly Persuaded some men to say,
'WE
HAVE HEARD STEPHEN SPEAK WORDS OF BLASPHEMY
AGAINST
MOSES AND AGAINST GOD.'
12
SO THEY STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE
AND
THE ELDERS AND THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW.
They
Seized Stephen
And
brought him before the Sanhedrin.
13
THEY PRODUCED FALSE WITNESSES,
WHO
TESTIFIED,
'THIS
FELLOW NEVER STOPS SPEAKING
AGAINST
THE HOLY PLACE
AND
AGAINST THE LAW.
For
we have heard him say
That
this Jesus of Nazareth
Will
Destroy this place
And
change the customs Moses handed down to us.'
15
ALL WHO WERE SITTING IN THE SANHEDRIN
LOOKED
INTENTLY AT STEPHEN,
AND
THEY SAW THAT HIS FACE
WAS
LIKE THE FACE OF AND ANGEL.
(Acts
6:8-13)
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