Acts 6:1
And in those dayes, as the nomber of ye disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towards ye Hebrewes, because their widowes were neglected in the dayly ministring.
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Deuteronomy 26:12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase, the thirde yeere, which is the yeere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherlesse, and to the widowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and be satisfied,
Job 31:16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Psalms 110:3Thy people shall come willingly at the time of assembling thine armie in holy beautie: the youth of thy wombe shalbe as the morning dewe.
Isaiah 27:6Hereafter, Iaakob shall take roote: Israel shall florish and growe, and the world shall be filled with fruite.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
Matthew 23:13Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
Matthew Henry on Acts 6:1
In this chapter we have, I. The discontent that was among the disciples about the distribution of the public charity, ver. 1 . II. The election and ordination of seven men, who should take care of that matter, and ease the apostles of the burden, ver. 2-6 . III. The increase of the church, by the addition of many to it, ver. 7 . IV. A particular account of Stephen, one of the seven. 1. His great activity for Christ, ver. 8 . 2. The opposition he met with from the enemies of Christianity, and his disputes with… Read the whole commentary →