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Acts 6:5

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These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

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Jerusalem in New Testament TimesA plan of ancient Jerusalem as it was in New Testament times, with its walls, temple and gates.
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Acts 6:5 itself names only Antioch, the major Syrian city from which Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism, came

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Acts 6:5 mentions Alexandria, Antioch, Asia, Cilicia, Cyrene, Jerusalem and Nazareth.

Alexandria · GT1976
Antioch · Volkan Hatem
Asia · Ingo Mehling
Cilicia · Volker Höhfeld

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