Two become famous

After Acts 6:1-7

They are chosen almost

by acclamation, their character

and behavior known and

admired. Reputation is

the decisive factor, the men

chosen to serve the body,

officers of daily distribution

to the needy, chosen to calm

a complaint of partiality. 

Seven chosen, seven names 

noted, seven names remembered 

through all time. Seven chosen,

two explained – one a martyr,

one an evangelist. One dies

for speaking truth. The other

flees to Samaria, confronts

a sorcerer, teaches an Ethiopian,

preaches in Philistia and Caesarea,

One named Stephen.

One named Philip.

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