Acts

拣选七人办理供给的事

1那时，门徒增多，有说希腊话的犹太人向希伯来人发怨言，因为在天天的供给上忽略了他们的寡妇。

2十二使徒叫众门徒来，对他们说：「我们撇下 神的道去管理饭食，原是不合宜的。

3所以弟兄们，当从你们中间选出七个有好名声、被圣灵充满、智慧充足的人，我们就派他们管理这事。

4但我们要专心以祈祷、传道为事。」

5大众都喜悦这话，就拣选了司提反，乃是大有信心、圣灵充满的人，又拣选腓利、伯罗哥罗、尼迦挪、提门、巴米拿，并进犹太教的安提阿人尼哥拉，

6叫他们站在使徒面前。使徒祷告了，就按手在他们头上。

7神的道兴旺起来；在耶路撒冷门徒数目加增的甚多，也有许多祭司信从了这道。

司提反被捕

8司提反满得恩惠、能力，在民间行了大奇事和神迹。

9当时有称利百地拿会堂的几个人，并有古利奈、亚历山大、基利家、亚细亚各处会堂的几个人，都起来和司提反辩论。

10司提反是以智慧和圣灵说话，众人敌挡不住，

11就买出人来说：「我们听见他说谤 摩西和 神的话。」

12他们又耸动了百姓、长老，并文士，就忽然来捉拿他，把他带到公会去，

13设下假见证，说：「这个人说话，不住地糟践圣所和律法。

14我们曾听见他说，这拿撒勒人耶稣要毁坏此地，也要改变摩西所交给我们的规条。」

15在公会里坐着的人都定睛看他，见他的面貌，好像天使的面貌。

1And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

2and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;

3look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

4and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'

5And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

6whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.

7And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

8And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

9and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,

10and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;

11then they suborned men, saying — 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'

12They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;

13they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

14for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;'

15and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.