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And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.

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But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

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And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

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Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

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And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

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and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

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for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

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And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.