Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Acts 6
⁷ Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
⁸ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
⁹ Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen.
¹⁰ And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
¹¹ Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
¹² And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
¹³ They also set up false witnesses who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
¹⁴ for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
¹⁵ And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
Acts 7
¹ Then the high priest said, "Are these things so?"
² And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,