Maria Esther Torres

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

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Acts 6:11 ESV

Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

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highlighted Acts 6:10 ESV

But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

over 11 years ago

Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Acts 6:8 ESV

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

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highlighted Acts 6:7 ESV

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Acts 6:6 ESV

These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

over 11 years ago

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highlighted Acts 6:5 ESV

And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

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highlighted Acts 6:4 ESV

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Psalms 83:16-18 ESV

Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord.

over 11 years ago

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highlighted Isaiah 7:25 ESV

And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Isaiah 7:14 ESV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

over 11 years ago

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highlighted Isaiah 7:13 ESV

And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?

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highlighted Isaiah 7:12 ESV

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test."

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Isaiah 7:11 ESV

"Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."

over 11 years ago

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highlighted Isaiah 7:9 ESV

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.'"

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Isaiah 7:7 ESV

thus says the Lord God: "'It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Isaiah 7:6 ESV

"Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"

over 11 years ago

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highlighted Isaiah 7:4 ESV

And say to him, 'Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

over 11 years ago

Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Isaiah 6:13 ESV

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

over 11 years ago

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