²⁸ saying, ^(A)“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, ^(B)and intend to bring this Man’s ^(C)blood on us!”

²⁹ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ^(A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.

²⁹ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ^(A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and ^(A)when they had prayed, ^(B)they laid hands on them.

⁷ Then ^(C)the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many ^(D)of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Stephen Accused of Blasphemy

⁸ And Stephen, full of ^[a]faith and power, did great ^(E)wonders and signs among the people. ⁹ Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰ And ^(F)they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.