Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty,

and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

The seven sons of Sceuas, a Jewish high priest, used to do this.

while we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we spent seven days.

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

and started next morning for Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist (he belonged to the Seven,

The seven days were almost over when the Asiatic Jews, catching sight of him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,