Gevurot 6

1Now in these yamim of the Messianic talmidim being increased, there was a complaint by the Greekspeaking Yehudim keneged (against) the Sabra Yehudim mitzad (as to) their Greek- speaking Jewish almanot being overlooked in the daily support.

2And the Sheneym Asar, having called the multitude of the talmidim together, said, " It is not desirable for us to neglect the dvar Hashem in order to serve tishen.

3But select from among you Achim b'Moshiach, that is, shivah anashim, being of shem tov (good reputation) and full of the Ruach Hakodesh and chochmah, whom we will appoint over this duty; [SHEMOT 18:21; NECHEMYAH 13:13]

4But we will be devoted to tefillah and to the avodas kodesh service of the Dvar of the Besuras HaGeulah.

5And this dvar found approval before all the multitude and they chose Stefanos, a man full of emunah (faith) and of the Ruach Hakodesh, and they also chose Philippos and Prochorus and Nikanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholas, a ger (proselyte) of Antioch

6Whom they placed before the Moshiach's Shlichim. And having davened, Moshiach's Shlichim gave them s'michah, laying their hands on them. [BAMIDBAR 8:10; 27:18]

7And the Dvar Hashem was increasing, and the number of talmidim was being greatly multiplied in Yerushalayim, and a kama (quite a number) of the kohanim were obeying the [Orthodox Jewish Messianic] emunah (faith).

8And Stefanos, full of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem and ko'ach (power), was effecting otot and moftim gedolim among the people.

9But some of the men from the shul called the Beit Knesset of the Meshuchrarim (the Freedmen) and the Cyrenians and the Alexandrians, and the ones from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stefanos,

10And they were not able to contradict the chochmah and the Ruach Hakodesh with which he was speaking.

11Then they secretly induced anashim to say, " We have heard him commit Chillul Hashem in the words he spoke keneged (against) Moshe Rabbenu and Hashem." [MELACHIM ALEF 21:10]

12And they aroused the people and the Zekenim and the Sofrim and they came upon Stefanos and they seized him and they brought him to the Sanhedrin,

13And edei sheker (false witnesses) swore falsely, saying, " This man is not ceasing to speak words keneged (against) Makom HaKadosh HaZeh and the Torah. [SHEMOT 23:1; TEHILLIM 27:12]

14For we have heard him saying that this Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8] from Natzeret will destroy this place [the Beis Hamikdash] and will change the chukim of the Torah which Moshe Rabbenu handed down to us.

15And having stared intently at him, all the ones sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his ponem looking like the face of a malach.