Acts 6:1

But, in these days, the disciples, multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, in that, their widows, were being overlooked in the daily ministry.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the Twelve, calling near the throng of the disciples, said—It doth not seem, right, that, we, forsaking the word of God, should be ministering unto tables.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:12When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year the year of tithing,—and shalt give unto the Levite unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates and be satisfied,

Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Psalms 110:3Thy people, will freely offer themselves, in the day of thine army,—in the splendours of holiness, out of the womb of the dawn, To thee, [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth.

Isaiah 27:6In coming times, shall Jacob strike root, Israel, shall blossom and bud,—Then shall they fill the face of the world with fruit.

Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee,— The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:

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 →

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