“God spoke to him (Abraham) in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in […]
Daily Devotional Acts 6:11-14 – What seven things are an abomination to God? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in Easy English – Day 494
Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking […]
Daily Devotional Acts 6:8-10 – Is performing signs and wonders limited to apostles? – Free online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 493
Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from embers of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilici and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. But they could not […]
Daily Devotional Acts 6:5-7 – Does promotion come from God? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 492
This proposal (that they choose seven deacons to be in charge of the food bank) pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed […]