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Acts 1-9 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 19:34, January 10, 2010
, 19:34, January 10, 2010→Chapter 6: Had a doubletake: had to make sure that "Stephen" was indeed biblical!
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|Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
|Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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|They brought them to the apostles, and after praying, put their hands on them.
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|And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
|And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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|The word of God spread, and the number of disciples grew exponentially in Jerusalem, with a multitude of priests obedient and faithful.
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|The Gospels refer not just to numbers being "added" but repeatedly "multiplied." This has no precedent in non-Christian religion.
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|And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
|And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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|Stephen, who was full of God's faith and power, performed great wonders and signs for the people.
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|Differentiation of signs, miracles.
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|Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
|Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
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|Some people from the synagogue of the Libertines, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, Cilicia and Asia, began arguing with Stephen.
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|And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
|And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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|But they were convinced by his wisdom and the spirit of his words.
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