Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
Luke also has recorded that Stephen, who was the first elected into the diaconate by the apostles,[174]
Victorinus On the Creation of the World
the seven churches in Paul,[32]
Victorinus On the Creation of the World
seven deacons,[33]
ACTS 6:3 Codex Bezae and codex Vaticanus have each altered the opening words of the verse in accord with the predilections of its scribe. The former (supported by ith and copG67) prefaces the suggest...
Verse Acts 6:3. _WHEREFORE - LOOK YE OUT AMONG YOU SEVEN MEN_] Choose persons in whom ye can all confide, who will distribute the provisions impartially, and in due time; and let these persons be the...
LOOK YE OUT - Select, or choose. As this was a matter pertaining to their own pecuniary affairs, it was proper that “they” should be permitted to choose such men as they could confide in. By this mean...
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)...
LOOK YE OUT. App-133. AMONG. from. App-104. SEVEN. App-10. MEN. Greek. _aner._ App-123. OF HONEST REPORT. Literally witnessed to, or attested. Greek. _martureo._ Compare Hebrews 11:2; Hebrews 11:4;...
_Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you_ The word _wherefore_should according to the best MSS. be _but_, and the end of the sentence should be "from among you." _seven men of honest report_ Lit. _...
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...
ἁγίου omitted after ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ with אBCD. _Vulg_. ‘sancto.’ 3. ἘΠΙΣΚΈΨΑΣΘΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ., _but look ye out from among you_. If the selection were committed to the whole body there could hardly fail to...
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...
ΈΠΙΣΚΈΨΑΣΘΕ _aor. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΠΙΣΚΈΠΤΟΜΑΙ (G1980) присматривать, надзирать; здесь: "искать с целью назначения" (Barrett), ΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΥΜΈΝΟΥΣ _praes. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) св...
OF HONEST REPORT,— _Of good credit._ Heylin....
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 2...
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. WHEREFORE, BRETHREN, LOOK YE OUT - ye, the multitu...
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...
FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST] Revelation 1 Church work requires to be performed in the power of the Spirit, and not least the management of charity and finance. WISDOM] i.e. the practical discernment and t...
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...
SEVEN MEN OF HONEST REPORT. — The number may have had its origin in the general reverence for the number Seven among the Jews. Possibly, however, the suggestion may have come from the _Libertini_, or...
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...
ἐπισκέψασθε οὖν : the verb, though frequently used by St. Luke in both his writings, is not elsewhere used in the sense of this verse, “look ye out,” _cf._ σκέπτεσθαι in Genesis 41:33. μαρτυρουμένους,...
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...
(3) Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. (3) In choosing deacons (and much more in choosin...
Look ye out among you seven men, and men of a good repute and character, full of the Holy Ghost. (Witham) --- Diverse circumstances prove, that they were chosen to be about the altar also. They were t...
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...
3._Therefore, brethren, look out. _Now we see to what end deacons were made. The word itself is indeed general, yet is it properly taken for those which are stewards for the poor. Whereby it appeareth...
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...
WHEREFORE BRETHREN LOOK YE OUT AMONG YOU,.... Or "choose out among you", as the Syriac version adds, and as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it; which shows that this sort of officers, deacons,...
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Ver. 3. _Full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom_] _i.e._ C...
_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,...
HONEST REPORT; men of integrity and good reputation....
THE CHOOSING OF THE FIRST DEACONS. The matter laid before the congregation:...
WHEREFORE, BRETHREN, LOOK YE OUT AMONG YOU SEVEN MEN OF HONEST REPORT, FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND WISDOM, WHOM WE MAY APPOINT OVER THIS BUSINESS....
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....
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, SEEK OUT FROM AMONG YOU SEVEN MEN OF _GOOD_ REPUTATION, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WISDOM, WHOM WE MAY APPOINT OVER THIS BUSINESS; 1. How many deacons does a church need? As man...
Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 'LOOK YE OUT THEREFORE'-'Select from among you' (NA...
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...
LOOK YE OUT AMONG YOU SEVEN MEN; as carefully and circumspectly as ye would in any cases of your own concerns. OF HONEST REPORT; a good direction, that obliges to this day, in all elections of any for...
Acts 6:3 Therefore G3767 brethren G80 out G1980 (G5663) among G1537 you G5216 seven G2033 men G435 reputation...
“Look you out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.” So they put forward the practical solution that s...
_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 6:3. LOOK YE OUT AMONG YOU SEVEN MEN. The special number ‘seven' has been made the object of much curious inquiry; some have suggested that there were now seven thousand believers in Jerusalem, a...
OF GOOD REPORT (μαρτυρουμενους). Present passive participle of μαρτυρεω, to bear witness to. Men with a good reputation as well as with spiritual gifts (the Holy Spirit and wisdom).WE MAY APPOINT...
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...
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 6:1 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...
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 THEN, BROTHERS, CHOOSE. Note the apostles did not do the choosing! SEVEN MEN. This many could handle the assistance to the Greek-speaking widows. WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE. Men whom the congregation coul...
_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
_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 12:8; 1 Corinthians 16:3; 1 John 3:14; 1 Timothy 3:10;...
Of good report [μ α ρ τ υ ρ ο υ μ ε ν ο υ ς]. Lit., attested, having witness born them....
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)...
Of good report — That there may be no room to suspect them of partiality or injustice. Full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom — For it is not a light matter to dispense even the temporal goods of the Churc...