Act 6:5, 8-10 | ESV | STEP | And what they said pleased the whole gathering , and they chose Stephen , a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit , and Philip , and Prochorus , and Nicanor , and Timon , and Parmenas , and Nicolaus , a proselyte of Antioch .

Acts 6:5

5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, ^aa man full of faith and ^bof the Holy Spirit, and ^cPhilip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, ^da proselyte of Antioch.

Acts 6:8-10

Stephen Is Seized

8 And Stephen, full of grace and ^epower, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But ^fthey could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.