- 那时,门徒增多,有说希利尼话的犹太人,向希伯来人发怨言。因为在天天的供给上忽略了他们的寡妇。
- 十二使徒叫众门徒来,对他们说,我们撇下神的道,去管理饭食,原是不合宜的。
- 所以弟兄们,当从你们中间选出七个有好名声,被圣灵充满,智慧充足的人,我们就派他们管理这事。
- 但我们要专心以祈祷传道为事。
- 大家都喜悦这话,就拣选了司提反,乃是大有信心,圣灵充满的人,又拣选腓利,伯罗哥罗,尼迦挪,提门,巴米拿,并进犹太教的安提阿人尼哥拉。
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- In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
- So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
- Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them
- and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."
- This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
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