Acts 6:5
And the plan pleased the entire multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and with the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, a new arrival from Antioch.
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In Context
4Yet truly, we will be continually in prayer and in the ministry of the Word.”
6These they set before the sight of the Apostles, and while praying, they imposed hands on them.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
Proverbs 25:11Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves.
Acts 6:8Then Stephen, filled with grace and fortitude, wrought great signs and miracles among the people.
Acts 7:1Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Acts 11:19And some of them, having been dispersed by the persecution that had occurred under Stephen, traveled around, even to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word to no one, except to 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 →