Acts 6:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ The word of God was continuing to spread. The group of followers in Jerusalem increased, and a great number of the Jewish priests believed and obeyed.

Stephen Is Accused

⁸ Stephen was richly blessed by God who gave him the power to do great miracles and signs among the people. ⁹ But some people were against him. They belonged to the synagogue of Free Men^[a] (as it was called), which included people from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and Asia. They all came and argued with Stephen.