Acts 6 (NET)

Acts 6:1¹Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:41Acts 4:35Acts 2:47Acts 6:7Acts 9:39Jas 5:9Heb 13:1Acts 11:20Acts 2:45Acts 4:4

Acts 6:2²So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 1:9-14Exod 18:17-262 Tim 2:4Neh 6:3Num 11:11-13Acts 21:22Acts 25:27Acts 4:19

Acts 6:3³But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 3:7-15Deut 1:13Jas 3:17-181 Tim 5:10Num 27:18-19Acts 13:2-33 John 1:12Gen 41:38-39Num 11:16-251 Cor 16:3

Acts 6:4⁴But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:141 Tim 4:13-16Phil 1:9-11Acts 2:422 Tim 4:2Acts 13:2-3Col 1:9-13Eph 3:14-21Rom 1:91 Cor 9:16

Acts 6:5⁵The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:24Acts 21:8Acts 8:5-40Acts 6:3Acts 6:8Acts 7:1-8:2Acts 11:19Acts 13:1Acts 6:10Prov 15:23

Acts 6:6⁶They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 1:6Num 8:10Acts 1:241 Tim 4:14Acts 8:17Acts 13:3Acts 9:171 Tim 5:22Heb 6:2

Acts 6:7⁷The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:20Acts 12:24Col 1:6Heb 5:9Rom 16:26Acts 14:22John 12:42Rom 1:5Acts 13:8Acts 21:20

Acts 6:8⁸Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:29-30Acts 6:5Acts 7:551 Tim 3:13Acts 6:10Acts 2:17-18Acts 6:15Acts 6:3Acts 8:6John 4:48

Acts 6:9⁹But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:23Acts 15:41Acts 22:3Acts 23:34Matt 27:32Acts 16:6Acts 18:24Acts 19:10Acts 2:9-10Acts 21:27

Acts 6:10¹⁰Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 21:151 Cor 2:4Matt 10:19-20John 7:46Luke 12:11-12Job 32:8Exod 4:12Ezek 3:27Luke 1:17Acts 5:39

Acts 6:11¹¹Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 26:59-601 Kgs 21:10-131 Tim 1:13Acts 15:21Acts 18:6Acts 21:20-22Acts 21:28Acts 23:12-15Acts 24:1-13Acts 25:3

Acts 6:12¹²They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:18Acts 14:2Matt 26:57Acts 13:50Acts 16:19-21Acts 17:13Acts 17:5-6Acts 21:27Acts 4:1-3Acts 5:18

Acts 6:13¹³They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:11Acts 21:28Acts 25:8Acts 7:58Matt 24:15Ps 27:12Ps 35:11Ps 56:5

Acts 6:14¹⁴For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:21Dan 9:26Heb 12:26-28Acts 15:1Acts 28:17Gal 3:19Gal 3:23Gal 4:3-5Heb 10:1-18Heb 8:6-13

Acts 6:15¹⁵All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:43Eccl 8:1Exod 34:29-35Matt 17:22 Cor 3:182 Cor 3:7-8