Holy BibleKing James Version

Acts 6:6 KJV

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Acts 6:6, King James Version

In context

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:

6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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Cross-references

  • Numbers 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
  • 2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.