The multitude of the disciples— That is, the whole body of Christian converts; they being the persons to whom satisfaction was then due. And serve tables, is in the Greek δικκονειν τραπεζαις, to minister to, or take care of the tables, that is, of the poor;—to attend to the distribution of charitable gifts among them.
Verse Acts 6:2. _IT IS NOT REASON_] ουκ αρεστον εστι, _it is not pleasing,_ _proper_, or _fitting, that we should leave the word of God_, that we should give up ourselves, or confide to others, the do...
THEN THE TWELVE - That is, the apostles. Matthias had been added to them after the apostasy of Judas, which had completed the original number. THE MULTITUDE OF THE DISCIPLES - It is not necessary to s...
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)...
REASON PLEASING. Greek. _arestos._ Occurs also 3 John 1:8; 3 John 1:8 :29. 1 John 3:22. WORD. App-121. GOD. App-98. SERVE. App-190. TABLES. i.e. the business of distribution. Figure of speec
_Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them_ They found that there was cause for the complaint, and at once prepared to provide a remedy. By "the multitude of the disciples" we ar...
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...
ΟἹ ΔΏΔΕΚΑ, _the Twelve_. They had found that there was cause for the complaint, and at once set about providing a remedy. ΤῸ ΠΛΗ͂ΘΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΘΗΤΩ͂Ν. We are not from this to suppose that an attempt was...
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 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...
ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΕΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΈΩ (G4341) призывать к себе, созывать, ΑΡΕΣΤΌΣ (G701) подходящий, довольный, достаточный; с _dat._ ссылки (здесь: "для всех нас" "для нас Двенадцат...
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...
2-4. This unforeseen circumstances suggested to the apostles the propriety of insinuating a new office in the Church. Though the Holy Spirit was given to guide them into all the truth, its additional...
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. THEN THE TWELVE CALLED, [ proskalesamenoi (G4341...
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...
6:2 right (c-17) I apprehend that 'right,' 'proper,' is the sense; not merely that it did not please the apostles. 'Pleasing to God,' I understand, but used for man it is arbitrary....
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...
IT IS NOT REASON] rather, 'It does not please us.' SERVE TABLES] i.e. attend to the distribution of food. Others think that the tables of bankers are meant, and that the Apostles complain that they ca...
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...
THEN THE TWELVE CALLED THE MULTITUDE OF THE DISCIPLES. — The Apostles meet the crisis with singular tact and moderation. They do not resent the suspicion; they are not careful to vindicate themselves...
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...
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...
προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα : whatever may have been the irritation caused by the pride or neglect of the Hebrews, the Apostles recognised that there was ground for complaint, and thus showed not onl...
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...
(2) Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not (c) reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve (d) tables. (2) The office of preaching the word,...
And serve tables. The apostles did not judge it proper for them to be so much employed in managing that common stock, out of which every one, as they stood in need, were supplied, as to meat, and all...
THE DEACONATE 2-5. God is a great Organizer. Hence He has given the New Testament Church a simple, perfect and beautiful organization. The bishop is the leader of the holiness band [for such were all...
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...
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...
2._The twelve having the multitude called unto them _It is a point [proof] of patience and meekness that the apostles are no more moved. (314) It is a point of prudence and godly carefulness, in that...
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...
THEN THE TWELVE,.... The twelve apostles, as the Syriac version reads; for their number was now complete, Matthias being chosen in the room of Judas: these being informed of the murmur there was betwe...
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. Ver. 2. _It is not reason_] αρεστον, an arrest or...
_Then the twelve_ For such was now again their number, Matthias having supplied the place of Judas; _called the multitude of the disciples unto them_ Not the rest of the one hundred and twenty merely,...
THE TWELVE; the twelve apostles, Matthias having been elected after the death of Judas. NOT REASON; not reasonable or proper. It is not proper that ministers of the gospel should be drawn off from the...
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....
THE CHOOSING OF THE FIRST DEACONS. The matter laid before the congregation:...
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....
THEN THE TWELVE SUMMONED THE MULTITUDE OF THE DISCIPLES AND SAID, " IT IS NOT DESIRABLE THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE WORD OF GOD AND SERVE TABLES. 1. It was time for a "family meeting" - The apostles cal...
And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables. 'AND THE TWELVE'-Contrary to the claims of some criti...
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...
THE TWELVE; for such was their number now again, Matthias having supplied the place of Judas; this is that blessed number, or the root of it, which God hath so much magnified. THE WORD OF GOD; preachi...
2-4. This unforeseen circumstances suggested to the apostles the propriety of insinuating a new office in the Church. Though the Holy Spirit was given to guide them into all the truth, its additional...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II The twelve, having called together the multitude of the disciples, said, "It is not meet for us to leave the word of God and serve tables."[142]...
Acts 6:2 Then G1161 twelve G1427 summoned G4341 (G5666) multitude G4128 disciples G3101 said G2036 (G5627) is...
‘And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, “It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.” ' The Apostles immediately responded to the complain...
_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 6:2. THEN THE TWELVE CALLED THE MULTITUDE OF THE DISCIPLES. In the first instance, the apostles appear themselves to have attended to the distribution of the alms which were brought to them, and...
THE MULTITUDE (το πληθος). The whole church, not just the 120.FIT (αρεστον). Pleasing, verbal adjective from αρεσκω, to please, old word, but in the N.T. only here and Acts 12:3; John 8:29; 1 John...
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...
SO THE TWELVE APOSTLES. This proves that Matthias was counted (Acts 1:26), since Paul had not yet converted to Christ. IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR US. Their mission did not allow them time to do this....
_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...
2 Timothy 2:4; Acts 21:22; Acts 25:27; Acts 4:19; Deuteronomy 1:9;...
Reason [α ρ ε σ τ ο ν]. Lit., pleasing or agreeable. Leave [κ α τ α λ ε ι ψ α ν τ α ς]. Rather forsake or abandon : leave in the lurch. Serve tables. Superintend the distribution of food....
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)...
It is not right that we should leave the word of God and serve tables — In the first Church, the primary business of apostles, evangelists, and bishops, was to preach the word of God; the secondary, t...