Acts 6:1-10, Acts 8:5-17 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Acts 6:1-10

Selection of the Seven

Now in those days, while the ^adisciples were ^bmultiplying in number, there was grumbling from the ¹^cHellenists against the ^dHebrews, because their ^ewidows were being overlooked in ^fthe daily serving of food. 2 So the twelve summoned the ¹congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not pleasing to God for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables. 3 Therefore, ^abrothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, ^bfull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this need. 4 But we will ^adevote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.” 5 And this word pleased the whole ¹congregation, and they chose ^aStephen, a man ^bfull of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and ^cPhilip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a ²^dproselyte from ^eAntioch. 6 And these they stood before the apostles, and after ^apraying, they ^blaid their hands on them.
7 ^aAnd the word of God kept on spreading, and ^bthe number of the disciples continued to multiply greatly in Jerusalem, and a great ¹many of the priests were becoming obedient to ^cthe faith.

Stephen Accused of Blasphemy

8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great ^awonders and ¹signs among the people. 9 But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both ^aCyrenians and ^bAlexandrians, and some from ^cCilicia and ¹^dAsia, rose up and were arguing with Stephen. 10 But they were unable to oppose the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.

Acts 8:5-17

5 ^aNow Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began preaching ¹Christ to them. 6 And the crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was being said by Philip, as they heard and saw the ¹signs which he was doing. 7 For in the case of many who had ^aunclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been ^bparalyzed and lame were healed. 8 So there was ^agreat joy in that city.
9 Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing ^amagic in the city and astounding the people of Samaria, ^bclaiming to be someone great; 10 and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “^aThis man is what is called the Great Power of God.” 11 And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astounded them with his ^amagic arts. 12 But when they believed Philip ^aproclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being ^bbaptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed ^asigns and ^bgreat miracles taking place, he was constantly astounded.
14 Now when ^athe apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them ^bPeter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them ^athat they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had ^anot yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been ^bbaptized ¹in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they ^abegan laying their hands on them, and they were ^breceiving the Holy Spirit.