{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:51:26.211Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Acts","bookSlug":"acts","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them their hands."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"then they suborned men, saying — 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;'"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger."}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 6 (YLT)","markdown":"[Acts 6](https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/6 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}