使徒行传 6
选出七位执事
1 在那些日子里，门徒增多。说希腊语的犹太人抱怨那些说希伯来语的犹太人，因为他们的寡妇在每日的服事t上被忽略了。2 于是十二使徒t召来全体门徒，说：“我们撇下神的话语t，去管理饭食，是不妥当的。3 所以弟兄们，要从你们当中挑选七个有好名声、充满圣灵和智慧的人；我们就委任他们统管这事务。4 这样，我们将可专心于祷告和福音t的服事工作。”5 这话使全体会众都喜悦，于是选出了司提反——他是一个充满信仰和圣灵的人，还有腓利、普罗克罗、尼卡诺、提门、帕米纳，以及入犹太教的安提阿人尼古拉斯。6 他们请这些人站在使徒们面前，使徒们就祷告，按手在他们身上。
7 这样，神的话语t不断扩展t，在耶路撒冷门徒的人数大大增多，并且有一大群祭司也听从了这信仰。
司提反被捕
8 司提反满有恩惠t和能力，在民间行了许多大奇事和神迹。9 可是一些来自称为“自由人”会堂的人，包括一些古利奈人、亚历山大人，还有来自奇里乞亚省和亚细亚省的人，起来与司提反辩论，10 但司提反以智慧和圣灵说话，他们就抵挡不住。
11 于是他们暗中唆使人说：“我们听过这个人针对摩西和神说亵渎的话语。”12 他们又煽动民众、长老和经文士们就忽然来抓住司提反，把他带到议会，13 并且推出假见证人说：“这个人不断地说亵渎神的话语，反对这圣所t和律法t。14 我们曾听到他说，这个拿撒勒人耶稣要拆毁这地方t，也要改变摩西传给我们的规矩。”15 所有坐在议会里的人都注视着司提反，看见他的面容好像天使的面容。
Acts 6
The Appointment of the First Seven Deacons
1 Now in thoset days, when the disciples were growing in number,t a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jewsts against the native Hebraic Jews,t because their widowss were being overlookedt in the daily distribution of food.ts2 So the twelves calledt the whole groupt of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.t3 But carefully select from among you, brothers,t sevens men who are well-attested,t full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charget of this necessary task.t4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”5 Thet proposal pleased the entire group, sot they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, witht Philip,s Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaismt from Antioch.s6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayedts and placedt their hands on them.
7 The word of God continued to spread,t the number of disciples in Jerusalems increased greatly, and a large groupts of priests became obedient to the faith.
Stephen is Arrested
8 Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signst among the people.9 But some men from the Synagogues of the Freedmen (as it was called),t both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia,t stood up and argued with Stephen.10 Yett they were not able to resists the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.11 Then they secretly instigatedt some men to say, “We have heard this mant speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”12 They incited the people, thet elders, and the experts in the law;t then they approached Stephen,t seized him, and brought him before the council.t13 They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy places and the law.s14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customsts that Moses handed down to us.”
15 Allt who were sitting in the councilt looked intently at Stephent and saw his face was like the face of an angel.s
