Lisa Desjardins
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 7:3 NASB
and said to him, 'aLEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 7:2 NASB
And he said, "Hear me, abrethren and fathers! bThe God of glory cappeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:15 NASB
And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the aCouncil saw his face like the face of an angel.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:14 NASB
for we have heard him say that athis Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter bthe customs which Moses handed down to us."
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:13 NASB
They put forward afalse witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this bholy place and the Law;
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:12 NASB
And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they acame up to him and dragged him away and brought him before bthe Council.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:9 NASB
But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both aCyrenians and bAlexandrians, and some from cCilicia and dAsia, rose up and argued with Stephen.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:10 NASB
But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:11 NASB
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:7 NASB
aThe word of God kept on spreading; and bthe number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to cthe faith.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:6 NASB
And these they brought before the apostles; and after apraying, they blaid their hands on them.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:4 NASB
"But we will adevote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:3 NASB
"Therefore, abrethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, bfull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 6:2 NASB
So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:42 NASB
aAnd every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and bpreaching Jesus as the
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:41 NASB
So they went on their way from the presence of the aCouncil, brejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame cfor His name.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:40 NASB
They took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they aflogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:39 NASB
but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found afighting against God."
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:38 NASB
"So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action ais of men, it will be overthrown;
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Lisa Desjardins
highlighted Acts 5:37 NASB
"After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of athe census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered.
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