The persecution that arose about Stephen (Acts 6)

Acts chapter six is a pretty boring chapter, as the SAB notes, but it's a lead-in to seven, which is a bit more exciting. The Apostles have some trouble with squabbles among the believers, and they get worried that with the church growing, they're going to be distracted from their work of preaching. So, they pick out seven men to deal with day-to-day administrative issues, and they list them, but watch those names, because five of them you're never going to hear again. So some nonbelievers at the synagogue start having issues with Stephen, and since they can't win a debate with him, they slander him with blasphemy. The chapter ends with an observation that Stephen had the face of an angel, which I've always just assumed that meant he looked calm and innocent, but who knows?