1 그때에 제자가 더 많아졌는데 헬라파 유대인들이 자기의 과부들이 그 매일 구제에 빠지므로 히브리파 사람을 원망한대
2 열 두 사도가 모든 제자를 불러 이르되 `우리가 하나님의 말씀을 제쳐놓고 공궤를 일삼는 것이 마땅치 아니하니
3 형제들아 너희 가운데서 성령과 지혜가 충만하여 칭찬 듣는 사람 일곱을 택하라 우리가 이 일을 저희에게 맡기고
4 우리는 기도하는 것과 말씀 전하는 것을 전무하리라' 하니
5 온 무리가 이 말을 기뻐하여 믿음과 성령이 충만한 사람 스데반과, 또 빌립과, 브로고로와, 니가노르와, 디몬과, 바메나와, 유대교에 입교한 안디옥 사람 니골라를 택하여
6 사도들 앞에 세우니 사도들이 기도하고 그들에게 안수하니라
7 하나님의 말씀이 점점 왕성하여 예루살렘에 있는 제자의 수가 더 심히 많아지고 허다한 제사장의 무리도 이 도에 복종하니라
8 스데반이 은혜와 권능이 충만하여 큰 기사와 표적을 민간에 행하니
9 리버디노, 구레네인, 알렉산드리아인, 길리기아와 아시아에서 온 사람들의 회당이라는 각 회당에서 어떤 자들이 일어나 스데반으로 더불어 변론할새
10 스데반이 지혜와 성령으로 말함을 저희가 능히 당치 못하여
11 사람들을 가르쳐 말시키되 이 사람이 모세와 및 하나님을 모독하는 말하는 것을 우리가 들었노라 하게 하고
12 백성과 장로와 서기관들을 충동시켜 와서 잡아 가지고 공회에 이르러
13 거짓 증인들을 세우니 가로되 `이 사람이 이 거룩한 곳과 율법을 거스려 말하기를 마지 아니하는도다
14 그의 말에 이 나사렛 예수가 이 곳을 헐고 또 모세가 우리에게 전하여 준 규례를 고치겠다 함을 우리가 들었노라' 하거늘
15 공회 중에 앉은 사람들이 다 스데반을 주목하여 보니 그 얼굴이 천사의 얼굴과 같더라
1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
2 And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
7 And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
10 But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
11 Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
14 For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.
15 And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.