Graphic Bible · Scene 2 of 5
Acts 6:5-7
Seven Appointed to Serve
Stephen and the Seven · Acts 6
Story guide: Peter lays his hands on Stephen before six other selected men while John and the gathered believers look on. The whole gathering accepts the proposal and chooses seven men, including Stephen and Philip.
Open this scene in the reader →5And the proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
6These they set before the apostles, and after praying, they laid their hands on them.
7And the word of God kept increasing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem kept multiplying greatly, and a large crowd of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.
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