6 ⁸ Stephen, who was full of grace and power, began to work great miracles and signs among the people. 6 ⁹ But some members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, comprising Cyrenians and Alexandrians and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and argued with Stephen, 6 ¹⁰ but could not hold their own against the inspired wisdom with which he spoke. 6 ¹¹ They then put up men who alleged that they had heard him make blasphemous statements against Moses and against God. 6 ¹² They stirred up the people and the elders and doctors of the law, set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the Council. 6 ¹³ They produced false witnesses who said, 'This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the Law. 6 ¹⁴ For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and alter the customs handed down to us by Moses.' 6 ¹⁵ And all who were sitting in the Council fixed their eyes on him, and his face appeared to them like the face of an angel.