Acts 6:3-6 Now, brethren, pick out seven attested men from among you, full of the spirit and of wisdom, whom we will place over this need."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Now, brethren, pick out seven attested men from among you, full of the spirit and of wisdom, whom we will place over this need." ⁴ Yet we shall be persevering in prayer and the dispensation of the word." ⁵ And, pleased by the word spoken before the entire multitude, they choose Stephen, a man full of faith and holy spirit, and Philip and Prochoros and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholas, a proselyte of Antioch, ⁶ whom they stand before the apostles. And, praying, they place their hands on them."