Acts 6:5
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
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4Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
6These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 25:11A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
Matthew 23:15A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Acts 6:8And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Acts 7:1Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
Acts 11:19Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
Matthew Henry on Acts 6:2-8
The Appointment of Deacons. 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.… Read the whole commentary →