006:008 And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.
006:009 But some members of the so-called `Synagogue of the Freed-men,' together with some Cyrenaeans, Alexandrians, Cilicians and men from Roman Asia, were roused to encounter Stephen in debate.
006:010 They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and
the Spirit with which he spoke.
006:011 Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard
him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God."
006:012 In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes.
At length they came upon him, seized him with violence,
and took him before the Sanhedrin.
006:013 Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared,
"This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place
and the Law.
006:014 For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull
this place down to the ground and will change the customs
which Moses handed down to us."
006:015 At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin
were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just
like the face of an angel.
007:001 Then the High Priest asked him, "Are these statements true?"
007:002 The reply of Stephen was, "Sirs—brethren and fathers—listen to me. God Most Glorious appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,