Acts 6:7-12

⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁸And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.

⁹But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

¹⁰And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.

¹¹Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,