7And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
8And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
9But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
10But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
11Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
13And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
