Acts 6:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: ”

Acts 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the saying - “The word” - the counsel, or command, And they chose Stephen ... - A man who soon showed Acts 7 that he was in every way qualified for his office, and also suited to defend...
Acts 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Choice of the Seven. A division shows itself in the Church. The Hellenists ( mg.), the members who spoke Greek, having been brought up in Greek-speaking countries, murmur against the Hebrews, thos...
Acts 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saying. Greek. logos, as in Acts 6:2 . Stephen. Greek. Stephanos = . crown. All the names are Greek. These are called the seven deacons, but the word diakonos is not used in the Acts. See...
Acts 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Stephen, full of faith. Luke doth not, therefore, separate faith from the Spirit, as if it also were not a gift of the Spirit; but by Spirit he meaneth other gifts wherewith Stephen was e...
Acts 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte...
Acts 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they chose Stephen,— Some have thought that Stephen was one of the seventy; but it seems a precarious conjecture. The, termination of most of these names makes it probable that they were Hell...
Acts 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a prose...
Acts 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Stephen and the Seven 1-7. The Hebrew-speaking Jews, who were in a majority in the Church of Jerusalem, were inclined to despise and neglect the minority who spoke Greek. In particular, the Greek-...
Acts 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they chose Stephen. — The seven who were chosen all bear Greek names, and it is a natural, though not a necessary, inference, that they were all of the Hellenistic section of the Church, either...
Acts 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36-37 ; Acts 6:1-6 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at which we have now arrived is a most interesting o...
Acts 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Meeting Murmuring within and Persecution Without Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There were as yet no Gentiles in the Church. It was rega...
Acts 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning the distribution of relief which had a national tone...
Acts 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte...
Acts 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the saying pleased the whole multitude ,.... The speech the apostles made took with them; all things they proposed were universally approved of; the whole body of the church came into it at once...
Acts 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte...
Acts 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the saying pleased the multitude Who had been called together upon this occasion; and After some little deliberation upon the choice that was to be made; they chose seven It seems all Helle...
Acts 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A second time, however, difficulty arises from within Satan's enmity from without was clearly evident. In Ch.5.1-3 Satan had sought to underhandedly get in among the saints, but this had been exposed...
Acts 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Appointment of Deacons. 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Gr...
Acts 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All these being Greek names, it is likely they were all Hellenists, and descended from Hebrew parents, but born in foreign countries; or amongst the Jews they might have other names, which St. Luke,...
Acts 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the saying pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a prosel...
Acts 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 6:1 . In those days should be in these days,—i.e. , shortly before Stephen’s martyrdom which did not long antedate Saul’s conversion in A.D. 37. Hence the events recorded...
Acts 6:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

chose It is beautiful to see that these were all Hellenists, as the Grecian names show.
Acts 6:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6:1-6 Hellenist and Hebrew From the very day of Pentecost, the Jerusalem congregation had embraced a number of Hellenists, or foreign-trained Jews, though we have no means of knowing what pr...
Acts 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 6:1 . A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews. The original word here rendered Grecians is Hellenists; from Hellen, son of Deucalion, king of Thessalia, who was drowned during the i...
Acts 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

And in those days … there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews. Trouble the lot of the Church The Church on earth has always trouble; if it is not persecuted from without, diso...
Acts 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 6:1 Now in these for and in those, A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις , answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); multiplying for multiplied, A.V. ; Grecian Jews for G...
Acts 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the saying pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a prosely...
Acts 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:1 ; Acts 15:22 ; Acts 21:8 ; Acts 8:26-40 ; Acts 8:5-13 ; Acts 11:24 ; Acts 6:10 ; Acts 6:3 ; Acts 6:8 ; Acts 7:1-60 ; Acts 8:1 ; Acts 8:2 ; Genesis 41:37 ; Micah 3:8 ; Proverb...
Acts 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Obedient to the Faith Acts 6:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS May we tarry a while to study The Business Side of Church Life. Our text ( Acts 6:3 ) says that there are three requirements: (1) Honest r...
Acts 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And they chose — It seems seven Hellenists, as their names show. And Nicholas a proselyte — To whom the proselytes would the more readily apply.

Acts 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 6:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 6:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes