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Acts 6:7-9
Lexham English Bible

7 And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying[a] the faith.

Stephen Arrested

8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 But some of those from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called),[b] both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia,[c] stood up and[d] disputed with Stephen.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 6:7 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began obeying”)
  2. Acts 6:9 Literally “called”
  3. Acts 6:9 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
  4. Acts 6:9 Here “and” is supplied because the participle (“disputed”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
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