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according to the text.
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The seven deacons are appointed.
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Those seven deacons some of them have--they have Greek names,
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so there are Greek speaking Jews in Jerusalem already.
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So right after the stoning of Stephen you have this,
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Chaper8, And Saul approved of their killing him.
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That day a severe persecution began against the church in jerusalem,
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and all except the apostles were scattered
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throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.
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Devout men buried Stephen
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and made loud lamentation over him.
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But Saul was ravaging the church