²¹ The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.^(A)

¹⁴ Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women,

⁵ What they said pleased the whole community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.^(A)