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Saint Stephen in Wikipedia

Saint Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos), known as the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Stephen means "wreath" or "crown" in Greek......

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Stephen Scripture - Acts 11:19

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only....

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Stephen Scripture - Acts 6:9

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen....

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Stephen Scripture - Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:...

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Stephen in Naves Topical Bible

-(A Christian martyr) -Appointed one of the committee of seven to oversee the daily ministration Ac 6:3,5,6 -Faith and power of Ac 6:5,8-10 -False charges against Ac 6:11-15 -Defense of Ac 7 -Stoned Ac 7:54-60; 8:1; 22:20 -Burial of Ac 8:2 -Gentle and forgiving spirit of Ac 7:59,60...

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Stephen in Smiths Bible Dictionary

the first Christian martyr, was the chief of the seven (commonly called Deacons) appointed to rectify the complaints in the early Church of Jerusalem, made by the Hellenistic against the hebrew Christians. His Greek name indicates his own Hellenistic origin. His importance is stamped on the narrative by a reiteration of emphatic, almost super...

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Stephen in Hitchcock's Bible Names

same as Stephanas...

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Stephen in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. "He fell asleep" with a prayer for his persecutors on his lips (7:60). Devout men carried him to his grave (8:2). It was at the feet of the young Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus, that those...

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Stephen in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The first of the seven appointed to minister as a deacon in distributing alms, so that the Grecian widows should not be neglected while the Hebrew widows were served (Acts 6; 7). (See DEACON.) His Grecian name (meaning "crown"; by a significant coincidence he was the first who received the crown of martyrdom) and his anti-Judaistic speech indi...

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Stephen in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ste'-vn (Stephanos, "crown" (Acts 6:5 through 8:12)): 1. His Personal Antecedents 2. His Character and Activity 3. His Teaching 4. His Arraignment before the Sanhedrin 5. His Defence before the Sanhedrin (1) Personal Defence (2) Defense of His Teaching 6. Martyrdom of Stephen LITERATURE Known best as the proto-martyr of the Christian church, intr...

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