Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 6:6
whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Verse Acts 6:6. _AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED_] Instead of και, _and_, the _Codex Bezae_ reads οιτινες, _who_, referring the act of praying to the apostles, which removes a sort of ambiguity. The apostle...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED - Invoking in this manner the blessing of God to attend them in the discharge of the duties of their office. THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ... - Among the Jews it was customary to lay...
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)...
BEFORE. in the presence of apostles. App-189. PRAYED. App-131. LAID, &C. Compare Numbers 27:18....
_whom they set before the apostles_ That they might confirm, as they had proposed to do, the selection made by the whole congregation. _they laid their hands on them_ As a solemn dedication of them t...
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...
ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΤΩ͂Ν�, _before the Apostles_. That they might confirm, as they had proposed to do, the selection made by the congregation. ἘΠΈΘΗΚΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΤᾺΣ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑΣ. The laying on of hands thus became th...
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...
_THE COMPLAINT WAS HEARD NO MORE ACTS 6:5-7:_ The wisdom of the decision to appoint these seven men was obvious as it was accepted by the church. Seven Grecian men were selected and the apostles sanct...
ΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) помещать, ставить, ΠΡΟΣΕΥΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться, ΈΠΈΘΗΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G2007) возлагать...
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...
See notes on verse 5...
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. WHOM THEY SET BEFORE THE APOSTLES: AND WHEN THEY (THE APOSTLES) HAD PRAYED, THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE...
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...
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...
WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM. — This is the first mention of the act in the New Testament. It had had an analogous meaning in the ritual of Israel (Numbers 27:23) in acts of ble...
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 14 ST. STEPHEN AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 6:5; Acts 6:8 THE names of the seven chosen on the suggestion of the Apostles raises very naturally the question, To what off...
ἔστησαν, _cf._ Acts 1:23; for ἐνώπιον, see above. καὶ προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας : change of subject. This is the first mention of the laying on of hands in the Apostolic Church. No doub...
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....
The Apostles' Solution The apostles said it was not appropriate for them to cease devoting their full energies to the word in order to serve tables. Instead, the apostles directed the members of the c...
(4) Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they (e) laid [their] hands on them. (4) The ancient Church, with the laying on of hands, as it were consecrated to the Lord those who...
And they, that is, the apostles, laid, or imposed hands upon them. These deacons, therefore, were designed and ordained for a sacred ministry, and not only to manage the common stock, and temporals of...
ORDINATION 6. _“Whom they placed before the apostles, and praying, laid hands on them.”_ Here is all the ordination you can find in the New Testament. It is very simple, and I see much of it among hol...
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte...
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...
6._Having prayed, they laid their hands upon them. _Laying on of hands was a solemn sign of consecration under the law. To this end do the apostles now lay their hands upon the deacons, that they may...
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...
WHOM THEY SET BEFORE THE APOSTLES,.... They did not barely nominate and propose them to them, but they brought them into their presence, and placed them before them, as the persons whom they had chose...
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid _their_ hands on them. Ver. 6. _They laid their hands_] So putting the blessing upon them. A very ancient rite, borrowed from th...
_And the saying pleased the multitude_ Who had been called together upon this occasion; _and_ After some little deliberation upon the choice that was to be made; _they chose seven_ It seems all Hellen...
LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM; in token of seeking for them the divine blessing, and consecrating them to their work....
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....
WHOM THEY SET BEFORE THE APOSTLES; AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM. 1. Once selected (nominated), they were brought to the apostles. The apostles prayed for them. 2. They laid thei...
whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them. 'WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED'-We often find prayer occupying an essential part when people are being placed into...
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...
WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED; prayer is the salt which seasoneth and sanctifieth all things. THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM; a rite used in the church of old, 1. In their sacrifices, EXODUS 29:15; 2. In thei...
Acts 6:6 whom G3739 set G2476 (G5627) before G1799 apostles G652 and G2532 prayed G4336 (G5666) laid...
‘And the saying pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a prosely...
Acts 6:6. WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM. The hand of ‘him who ordains is laid on the head of him who is to be ordained, but the effect of the act is from God' (Chrysostom). The e...
_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...
THEY LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM (επεθηκαν αυτοις τας χειρας). First aorist active indicative of επιτιθημ. Probably by the apostles who ratified the choice (verse Acts 6:3). The laying on of hands "was...
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; 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...
AND PLACED THEIR HANDS ON _THEM._ _McGarvey_ says: "But all the apostles did was to pray and LAY ON their hands; hence, this was the ceremony of their appointment....
_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...
_Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men._ THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN THE DEACONSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH I. The reasons assigned. 1. That the apostles might be relieved of secular du...
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
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 6:6 The apostles confirmed the congregational election when THEY PRAYED AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM. Laying on of hands is done in connection with several things in Acts 1:1
_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 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 1:6; Acts 1:24; Acts 13:3;...
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)...