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Two men hold Stephen by his upper arms in a stone colonnade while an accuser gestures behind him.
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Acts 6:11-12

Stephen Is Seized

Stephen and the Seven · Acts 6

Story guide: Men secretly prompt accusations against Stephen, stir up the people, elders and scribes, and seize him to bring him before the council.

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11Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

12So they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and coming upon him, they seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

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