Acts 6:5-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ The statement found approval with the whole ^[a]congregation; and they chose ^(A)Stephen, a man ^(B)full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and ^(C)Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and ^[b]Nicolas, a ^[c](D)proselyte from ^(E)Antioch. ⁶ And these they brought before the apostles; and after ^(F)praying, they ^(G)laid their hands on them.

^7 (H)The word of God kept on spreading; and ^(I)the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to ^(J)the faith.