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1In those days, when the sacred family was growing in number, the Tribal Members who spoke the language of the Wisdom Seekers (Greeks) grumbled against the Tribal Members who spoke their own language. They complained to the twelve that their widows were being overlooked during the daily meals.
2So the twelve message bearers invited everyone to a council meeting.
They said to all, “It is not a good thing for us to give so much of our time to seeing over these meals. This gives us little or no time to teach about Creator’s message.
3We want you to choose seven men of good reputation, who are filled with Creator’s Spirit and wisdom, who will serve in our place.
4Then we can give ourselves to prayer and to the teaching of Creator’s message.”
5This seemed like a good thing to all the people, so they chose Many Feathers (Stephen) , a man strong in his faith and full of the Holy Spirit. They also chose Lover of Horses (Philip) , Head Singer (Prochorus) , Man of Victory (Nicanor) , Man of Honor (Timon) , Stands Close By (Parmenas) , and He Overcomes (Nicolas) , an outsider from Stands Against (Antioch) who had been taken into the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) .
6They stood these men before the message bearers, who then placed their hands on them and sent their voices to the Great Spirit.
7Creator’s message was told far and wide. In Village of Peace (Jerusalem) the number of followers continued to grow, and many holy men believed and began to walk in this new way.
8Many Feathers (Stephen) , who was filled with Creator’s good medicine, was performing powerful signs among the people.
9But some men, from what is called the gathering house of Men Set Free, opposed him. They were Tribal Members from Land of Power (Cyrene) , Village of Defense (Alexandria) , Turns Over (Cilicia) , and from Land of the Rising Sun (Asia) .
10Even though they stood against Many Feathers (Stephen) with strong words, they were not strong enough to defeat the wisdom given to him by the Spirit.
11So they talked some men into telling lies about him.
“We have heard him speak against Drawn from the Water (Moses) and against the Great Spirit!” they said to the people, elders, and scroll keepers.
12This turned them against Many Feathers (Stephen) , so they took hold of him and brought him before the Grand Council.
13Then they brought in the ones who were falsely accusing him to speak to the council.
“This man keeps speaking against the sacred lodge and against our tribal law,” they said to the Grand Council.
14“We heard him say that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) from Seed Planter Village (Nazareth) will bring an end to this Holy Place and change the tribal traditions given to us by Drawn from the Water (Moses) .”
15But all who were sitting in the council were staring at the face of Many Feathers (Stephen) because his face was shining like the face of a spirit-messenger.