1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 1:6; Acts 1:24; Acts 13:3; Acts 8:17; Acts 9:17
And when they had prayed - Invoking in this manner the blessing of God to attend them in the discharge of the duties of their office. They lai...
(4) Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they (e) laid [their] hands on them. (4) The ancient Church, with the laying on of...
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-sp...
before . in the presence of apostles. App-189. prayed. App-131. laid, &c. Compare Numbers 27:18-23 .
6. Having prayed, they laid their hands upon them. Laying on of hands was a solemn sign of consecration under the law. To this end do the ap...
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And when they had prayed - Instead of και, and, the Cod...
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. Whom they set before the apostles: and when they...
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 m...
When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. — This is the first mention of the act in the New Testament. It had had an analogous meaning i...
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...
Chapter 14 ST. STEPHEN AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 6:5-6 ; Acts 6:8-11 THE names of the seven chosen on the suggestion...
Meeting Murmuring within and Persecution Without Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There...
The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning th...
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...
Whom they set before the apostles ,.... They did not barely nominate and propose them to them, but they brought them into their presence, and placed...
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. Ver. 6. They laid their hands ] So putting the bles...
And the saying pleased the multitude Who had been called together upon this occasion; and After some little deliberation upon the choice that was...
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...
The Appointment of Deacons. 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples...
When they had prayed; prayer is the salt which seasoneth and sanctifieth all things. They laid their hands on them; a rite used in the church of...
‘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 Nican...
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’...
Acts 6:1-6 Hellenist and Hebrew From the very day of Pentecost, the Jerusalem congregation had embraced a number of Hellenists, or foreign-traine...
Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually rep...
Acts 6:1 . A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews. The original word here rendered Grecians is Hellenists; from Hellen, son of Deucalio...
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 t...
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men. The work of the Spirit in the deaconship of the Christian Church I. The reasons assigned....
EXPOSITION Acts 6:1 Now in these for and in those, A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις , answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); multiply...
The election:
whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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 ) sa...
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.