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Acts 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the saying: Acts 15:22; Genesis 41:37; Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 15:23, Proverbs 25:11-12

Stephen: Acts 6:3, Acts 6:8, Acts 6:10, Acts 7:1-60, Acts 8:1-2, Acts 11:24; Micah 3:8

Philip: Acts 8:5-13, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 21:8

Nicolas: Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15

a proselyte: Acts 13:1

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