Acts 6:3, 5, 8, 10

Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.