NET Bible
"They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them."
— Acts 6:6, NET Bible
“Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”
“whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them. ”
“whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”
“These they set before the apostles: and they praying, imposed hands upon them.”
“These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.”
“Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”
But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.
They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.
The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
Stephen is Arrested Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.