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:
Ver. 5. Prochorus, Nicanor, and Timon] Hi tres celebrantur seduli in lectitandis sacris. (Malcolm.) These three (as David's first three worthies) are famous for their unweariableness in God's work.