6. whom they presented before the apostles. And when they had prayed, they placed their hands on them.
7. So the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples grew rapidly in Jerusalem, and a great number of the priests were obedient to the faith.
8. Now Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9. Then some men rose up from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and of Asia), disputing with Stephen.
10. But they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
11. Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
12. So they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and came upon him and seized him and led him to the Sanhedrin,
13. and set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.