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Stephen

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Stephen G4736
Στέφανος (Stephanos)
6 times in NT
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Act 6:5
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Everyone thought this was a good idea (it pleased all those gathered). [The apostles make a suggestion that the whole congregation, both the Greek-speaking and Hebrew-speaking Jews, approve of.] They chose:
Stephen [which means "crowned"],
a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit.
Philip [meaning "one who loves horses"].
Prochorus [literally meaning "in front of the choir," i.e., a choir director; may have been the title "choir director" rather than his real name].
Nicanor [meaning "victor"].
Timon [meaning "honorable"].
Parmenas [meaning "one who stands firm"].
Nicholas [meaning "victor of the people"],
a proselyte from Antioch [in Syria]. [As a proselyte, he had first converted to Judaism from a pagan faith. He was then saved and converted from Judaism to become a Christian.]
[All seven men had Greek names and probably belonged to the Greek-speaking Jewish group. Caring for orphans and widows is an important task, see Ex. 22:22; James 1:27. These seven men also served in other areas. In the next paragraph, we read how Stephen prays for the sick. When he is killed and severe persecution breaks out, Philip moves north to Samaria. There he works as an evangelist and many come to faith, see Acts 8:5–8. He is often called the evangelist Philip so as not to be confused with the apostle of the same name who was one of the twelve, see Luke 6:14.]
Act 6:8
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[Now there is a turning point in the Acts of the Apostles. This is the third time the Sanhedrin has brought Christians in for questioning. The first time ended with a warning, see Acts 4:21, the second with thirty-nine lashes, see Acts 5:40. Stephen, one of the seven co-workers in verse 5, becomes the first martyr to be killed for his faith. The Sanhedrin, also known as the Great Council, was the highest Jewish decision-making body with 71 members from the Pharisees and Sadducees. They met in a hall in the northern part of the temple.]
Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing, favor) and power (strength), continually performed wonders (which aroused amazement) and signs (miracles that prove God's existence and character) among the people.
Act 6:9
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Then some men stood up against Stephen to question (argue with) him. They were from:
the synagogue called "the Synagogue of the Freedmen" [these Jews had probably been slaves in Rom but had been freed],
and from Cyrene and Alexandria [the synagogue with Jews from these two African cities],
and from Cilicia and the province of Asia [the synagogue with Jews from these two regions in present-day Turkey].
[In Jerusalem, according to rabbinical tradition, there were 480 different synagogues organized according to different nationalities. It took ten men to start a synagogue. Some had their own buildings, but most gathered in homes. It is not surprising that it was these immigrant Jews who became the foremost opponents of Stephen. The Jewish faith they had professed and suffered for in the world was now threatened by his teaching here in the Jewish capital of Jerusalem.]
Act 7:59
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While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." [He quotes from the same psalm that Jesus prayed on the cross, see Ps. 31:5; Luke 23:46.]
Act 11:19
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[The story now goes back to the time just after Stephen's martyrdom, see Acts 8:4. A few years had passed since Jesus' death and resurrection, and the events are dated to around 32-35 AD.]
Those [Greek-speaking Jews in Judea] who had been scattered during the persecution that began with Stephen came as far as:
[the region of] Phoenicia,
[Name of the narrow coastal strip north of Mount Carmel, which was part of the Roman province of Syria. Here were the cities of Ptolemais, Tyre, Sarepta, and Sidon, see Acts 21:3–7; 27:3.]
[the island] Cyprus
and [the city] Antioch [in Syria].
[The city was located in the Roman province of Syria and had half a million inhabitants, making it the third largest city in the empire, surpassed only by Rom and Alexandria. There was also a large Jewish population here.] Those who had fled to these places preached the word only to Jews.
Act 22:20
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And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself stood there and gave my approval and guarded the cloaks of those who were killing him. [Acts 7:58]