⁵ The statement found approval with the whole ^[a]congregation; and they chose ^(A)Stephen, a man ^(B)full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and ^(C)Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and ^[b]Nicolas, a ^[c](D)proselyte from ^(E)Antioch.

²⁶ But ^(A)an angel of the Lord spoke to ^(B)Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to ^(C)Gaza.” (^[a]This is a desert road.)

³⁰ Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”