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Acts 6:1-4
The Choosing of the First Deacons.
The matter laid before the congregation:
The Choosing of the First Deacons.
The matter laid before the congregation:
ACTS 6:1 auvtw/n At the end of the verse codex Bezae adds the phrase evn th|/ diakoni,a| tw/n ~Ebrai,wn (“in the ministration of the Hebrews”), which is quite superfluous in view of the preceding con...
CHAPTER VI. _The Hellenistic Jews complain against the Hebrews, that their_ _widows were neglected in the daily ministration_, 1. _To remedy the evil complained of, the apostles appoint seven_ _de...
IN THOSE DAYS ... - The first part of this chapter contains an account of the appointment of “deacons.” It may be asked, perhaps, why the apostles did not appoint these officers at the first organizat...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews (Acts 6:1)._ 2. Stephen; His Ministry and Arrest (Acts 6:8). Another failure is brought before us. The enemy acts again. From without...
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-speaking countries, murmur against the Hebrews, those w...
In those days, when the number of the disciples was growing, there arose a complaint of the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrew-speaking Jews, in which they alleged that their widows were being ove...
THE FIRST OFFICE-BEARERS (Acts 6:1-7)...
MURMURING. Greek. _gongusmos_ An onomatopoeic word. Here, John 7:12. Php 2:14. 1 Peter 4:9. GRECIANS. Greek-speaking Jews. Greek. _Hellenistes._ NEGLECTED. being overlooked. Greek. _paratheoreo._ Co...
Acts 6:1. Murmuring about the distribution of the common fund. Measures for allaying it By the confession of the high-priest himself (Acts 5:28) Jerusalem was now filled with the teaching of the Chri...
_And in those days_ Better, THESE. The narrative which follows is closely connected with Acts 5:14, where it is said, "believers were added to the Lord, _multitudes_both of men and women." _when the n...
Acts 6:1-7. MURMURING ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMMON FUND. MEASURES FOR ALLAYING IT By the confession of the high-priest himself (Acts 5:28) Jerusalem was now filled with the teaching of the Chr...
ἘΝ ΔῈ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ἩΜΈΡΑΙΣ ΤΑΎΤΑΙΣ, _now in these days_. The words refer back to Acts 6:14 of the previous chapter, where we read ‘believers were added to the Lord, multitudes (πλήθη) both of men and women.’...
_THE FIRST DISSENSION IN THE CHURCH ACTS 6:1-4:_ Until this time, the growth of the church had been great and the harmony of the church had been undisturbed. The number of disciples continued to grow...
ΠΛΗΘΥΝΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΛΗΘΎΝΩ (G4129) наполнять; здесь intr.: увеличиваться. _Gen. abs._ выражает одновременность, но также указывает на причину описываемой проблемы (SF, 325). ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _...
THERE AROSE A MURMURING OF THE GRECIANS, &C.— Or, _the Hellenists._ There is not all the light which some have wished for concerning the distinction of the Jews into _Hebrews_ and _Hellenists;_ but th...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 6:1-6. 1 Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were negl...
VI: 1. From the preceding account of the struggle, between the apostles and the Sadducees, Luke now turns to consider, briefly, the internal condition of the Church during the same period. Though the...
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. First...
36 The fact that this Theudas is not mentioned in profane literature is no reason for doubting the truthfulness and accuracy of the narrative. Josephus, in his Antiquities, hints at many disturbances...
6:1 Hellenists (b-16) * i.e. Greek Jews....
GRECIANS] i.e. Hellenists, or Greek-speaking Jews. HEBREWS] i.e. Hebrew-speaking Jews. Hebrew was spoken mainly in Jerusalem and Judæa. MINISTRATION] i.e. distribution of food (Acts 6:2)....
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 minority who spoke Greek. In particular, the Greek-spea...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 THE *APOSTLES CHOOSE 7 MEN TO HELP THEM, 6:1-7 V1 At this time, the *disciples grew in number. Some *Jews spoke *Greek and other *Jews spoke...
VI. (1) AND IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE NUMBER OF THE DISCIPLES WAS MULTIPLIED. — Better, _were being multiplied,_ as by an almost daily increase. The length of the interval between this and the previous...
CHAPTER 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36; Acts 6:1 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at which we have now arrived is a most interesting one. We stand...
CHAPTER 13 PRIMITIVE DISSENSIONS AND APOSTOLIC PRECAUTIONS. Acts 6:1 The sixth chapter of the Acts, and the election of the Seven, mark a distinct advance in the career of the early Church. This six...
δὲ; _cf._ Acts 1:15, and see above in Acts 5:41. There seems no occasion to regard δὲ as marking a contrast between Acts 5:41 and the opening of this chapter, or as contrasting the outward victory of...
MEETING MURMURING WITHIN AND PERSECUTION WITHOUT Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There were as yet no Gentiles in the Church. It was regarded...
The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning the distribution of relief which had a national tone....
Widows Among the Hellenists Neglected Earlier, Luke told Theophilus that various ones sold some of their possessions and laid the money at the feet of the apostles. He further reported that the money...
And (1) in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the (a) Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the (b) daily ministrati...
HELLENISTS AND HEBREWS 1. Do not forget that the gospel began among the Jews exclusively, the Gentiles having nothing to do with it; hence the Christian Church, originally like the Jewish, was purely...
CONTENTS The Church of Christ requiring it, Deacons are chosen. Stephen being elected, and speaking by the Spirit, is opposed by many. Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples w...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
1.Luke declareth here upon what occasion, and to what end, and also with what rite, deacons were first made. He saith, When there arose a murmuring amongst the disciples, it was appeased by this remed...
Other evils, unhappily, assail the church (Chapter 6). The flesh begins to shew itself, in the midst of the power of the Holy Ghost, the trouble arising from the different circumstances of the discipl...
AND IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE NUMBER OF THE DISCIPLES WAS MULTIPLIED,.... From an hundred and twenty to three thousand more, from thence to five thousand more, and after that a multitude of men and wome...
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. Ver. 1....
_In those days_ Some time after the fact last recorded had taken place; _when the number of the disciples was multiplied_ For it appears their number increased continually and rapidly, notwithstanding...
GRECIANS; in the original Hellenists, that is, Jews, whether by descent or conversion to the Jewish religion, who used the Greek language. DAILY MINISTRATION; daily distribution to the poor....
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 get in among the saints, but this had been exposed....
Now in those days, when _the number of_ the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 1....
Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose. murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 'NO...
1-7 Hitherto the disciples had been of one accord; this often had been noticed to their honour; but now they were multiplied, they began to murmur. The word of God was enough to take up all the thoug...
ACTS CHAPTER 6 ACTS 6:1 The apostles, that the poor might not be neglected, recommend, ACTS 6:5,6 and with, the church's consent ordain, seven chosen men, deacons. ACTS 6:7 The word of God prevaileth....
VI: 1. From the preceding account of the struggle, between the apostles and the Sadducees, Luke now turns to consider, briefly, the internal condition of the Church during the same period. Though the...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth "And they who believed from the ninth mountain, which was deserted, and had in it creeping things and wild beasts which destroy men, were the following: they who ha...
Acts 6:1 Now G1161 in G1722 those G5025 days G2250 disciples G3101 multiplying G4129 (G5723) arose G1096 ...
‘Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian (Hellenistic) Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily mi...
_The First Dissension in the Church leads to the Appointment of the Seven Deacons,_ 1-7. There is something very sad in the brief statement contained in the opening verses of this sixth chapter. It te...
Acts 6:1. IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE NUMBER OF THE DISCIPLES WAS MULTIPLIED. The literal rendering _was multiplying_ is more forcible; while the apostles after their liberation went on with their high mi...
WHEN THE NUMBER OF THE DISCIPLES WAS MULTIPLYING (πληθυνοντων των μαθητων). Genitive absolute of πληθυνω, old verb from πληθος, fulness, to increase. The new freedom from the intercession of Gamali...
GRECIANS Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews....
Acts 6:1 Hellenist and Hebrew From the very day of Pentecost, the Jerusalem congregation had embraced a number of Hellenists, or foreign-trained Jews, though we have no means of knowing what proporti...
Acts 6:1 On the Office of the Diaconate I. The origin of the office. (1) We are introduced here to a class of people called Grecians. They were proselytes to the Jewish worship, and Jews born and bre...
Acts 6; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each o...
CONTENTS: The first deacons. Third persecution. Stephen before the council. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, apostles, Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolas, priests, Mose...
Acts 6:1. _A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews._ The original word here rendered Grecians is _Hellenists;_ from Hellen, son of Deucalion, king of Thessalia, who was drowned during the inun...
SOME TIME LATER. Both _Lipscomb_ and _McGarvey_ think this is still during the first year of the Gospel Age. either 30, or early 31 A.D. [by the corrected calendar]. THERE WAS A QUARREL. Notice that s...
_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 trouble; if it is not persecuted from without, disorde...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 6:1 The Witness beyond Jerusalem. Beginning with Greek-speaking Jewish Christians in Jerusalem (Acts 6:1), the Christian gospel was proclaimed to an ever-widening circle
_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’s conversion in A.D. 37. Hence the events recorded in th...
EXPOSITION ACTS 6:1 _Now in these _for _and in those, _A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις_, _answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); _multiplying _for _multiplied, _A.V._; Grecian Jews _for _Grecians, _...
Now in those days, when the number of disciples was multiplied (Acts 6:1), We found the Lord adding to the church and now He's multiplying. I love the Lord's mathematics. there arose a murmuring (Ac...
1 Corinthians 10:10; 1 Timothy 5:4; 1 Timothy 5:5; 1 Timothy 5:9;...
And [δ ε]. Better but, as a contrast is now introduced with the prosperous condition of the Church indicated at the close of the last chapter. Was multiplied [π λ η θ υ ν ο ν τ ω ν]. Lit., "when the...
OBEDIENT TO THE FAITH Acts 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS May we tarry a while to study The Business Side of Church Life. Our text (Acts 6:3) says that there are three requirements: (1) Honest report; (2)...
There arose a murmuring — Here was the first breach made on those who were before of one heart and of one soul. Partiality crept in unawares on some; and murmuring on others. Ah Lord! how short a time...
Here observe, 1. How the number of Christians increased upon the foregoing persecution: as the Jewish church in Egypt, the more it was oppressed, the more it multiplied; so the Christian church here g...