1 Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: 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 Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: 6 whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 7 And 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. 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people. 9 But 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. 10 And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law: 14 for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. 15 And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Antioch
Hoje: Antakya (Hatay), Turkey
ἈντιόχειαAntiocheia
Antioch is the city where the disciples were called Christians first. Barnabas and Saul spent a whole year there meeting with the church and teaching great numbers of people (Acts 11:26).
36,23° N, 36,17° L
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Jerusalem
Hoje: Jerusalem, Israel
ἹερουσαλήμHierousalēmיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫םyerushalaim
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
31,78° N, 35,23° L
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ΚυρήνηKurēnē
Cyrene is the place from which came Simon, who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus; Lucius, a prophet and teacher in Antioch, and Jews who argued with Stephen were also from there (Matthew 27:32).
32,82° N, 21,85° L
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Alexandria
Hoje: Alexandria
ἈλεξανδρῖνοςAlexandrinos
Alexandria is the place of origin of Apollos, a Jew who came to Ephesus, of Jews who argued with Stephen, and of a ship sailing for Italy (Acts 18:24).
31,18° N, 29,90° L
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ΚιλικίαKilikia
Cilicia is the province in which Tarsus is located, the city where Paul was born and of which he was a citizen (Acts 22:3).
36,91° N, 34,89° L
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ἈσίαAsia
Asia is the province where, for two years, Jews and Greeks who lived there heard the word of the Lord; seven churches, from Ephesus to Laodicea, were located in it (Acts 19:10).
38,40° N, 28,30° L
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Moses
ΜωϋσῆςMōüsē͂sמֹשֶׁ֔הmosheh
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Significado: “Drawn out of the water”
Jesus
ἸησοῦςIēsoûsיֵשׁוּעַyeshua
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Significado: “The LORD saves”
Nazareth
Hoje: Nazareth, Israel
ΝαζαρέθNazareth
Nazareth is the town in Galilee where Jesus had been brought up and where, on the Sabbath day, he went into the synagogue and stood up to read (Luke 4:16).
32,70° N, 35,30° L
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Moses
ΜωϋσῆςMōüsē͂sמֹשֶׁ֔הmosheh
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Significado: “Drawn out of the water”