Choosing of the Seven

Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

Instead, brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

Then Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five people in all.

When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.

Now there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, doing this.

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and reached them at Troas within five days; and we stayed there for seven days.

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there for seven days; and they kept telling Paul, through the Spirit, not to set foot in Jerusalem.

On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

Paul Seized in the Temple

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

Paul Moved to Caesarea

And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”

There we found some brothers and sisters, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and that is how we came to Rome.