World English Bible
Acts 6:6
“whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”
Verse in context — Acts 6
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But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.
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These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
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whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
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The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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