Acts 6:1
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their appropriate work to attend to secular concerns. The more exclusively they are devoted to the pre... [ Continue Reading ]
HONEST REPORT; men of integrity and good reputation.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYER-MINISTRY OF THE WORD; the appropriate duties of their office.... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE; the multitude of believers who were collected on the occasion. PROSELYTE OF ANTIOCH; a Gentile of that city, who had embraced the Jewish, and afterwards the Christian religion.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM; in token of seeking for them the divine blessing, and consecrating them to their work.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD OF GOD INCREASED; was preached, and embraced by greater numbers. When ministers of the gospel are wholly and earnestly devoted to their appropriate duties, and are assisted by brethren in the church who are pious, wise, able, and active in doing good, religion will generally prosper; and no... [ Continue Reading ]
LIBERTINES; libertines were properly persons, or the children of persons who had been enslaved, and were afterwards made free. In the present case Jewish libertines are meant, of whom there were great numbers, the descendants of those who had been carried as captives to Rome, and afterwards set free... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT ABLE; he, being assisted by the Holy Ghost, was superior to them, and they were not able to answer his arguments. Matthew 10:19-20; Luke 21:15. No array of numbers, learning, or talents, can fairly meet or refute the arguments which prove the Christian religion to be from God. Its truth is demon... [ Continue Reading ]
SUBORNED MEN; got them to testify falsely.... [ Continue Reading ]
Men who reject the Christian religion, and have power, are apt to oppose those who embrace it, especially if they are zealous and successful in its propagation. They sometimes contend that the interests of the state require this; and ecclesiastics, clothed with secular authority, and destitute of th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CUSTOMS; the Jewish ceremonies.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FACE OF AN ANGEL; benignant, calm, dignified, and resplendent.... [ Continue Reading ]