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ACTS 6:13 lalw/n r`h,mata
Instead of lalw/n r`h,mata the Textus Receptus reads r`h,mata
bla,sfhma lalw/n with E H P _al_ arm; bla,sfhma is an interpolation
from ver....
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Verse Acts 6:13. _AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE_] The _temple_, that it
shall be destroyed.
_AND THE LAW_] That it _cannot_ give _life_, nor save from _death_.
It is very likely that they had heard him sp...
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AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES - It has been made a question why these
persons are called “false” witnesses, since it is supposed by many
that they reported merely the “words” of Stephen. It may be
replie...
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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...
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ATTACK ON STEPHEN. This Hellenist Christian draws upon himself the
attention of the people. He was full of grace; the inspiration which
gave him his power led to disturbance from a synagogue or synago...
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THE FIRST OFFICE-BEARERS (Acts 6:1-7)...
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Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great wonders and signs
among the people. There arose in debate with Stephen certain members
of the synagogue of the Libertines and of the Cyrenians and of...
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WITNESSES. Greek. _martur._ See Acts 1:8.
MAN. App-123....
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_and set up false witnesses which said_ Their falseness consists in
the perverted turn which they gave to the words of Stephen. Though we
have no words of his hitherto recorded, we can see from the ch...
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OF STEPHEN’S PREACHING, ARREST AND ACCUSATION...
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ΛΑΛΩ͂Ν ῬΉΜΑΤΑ omitting βλάσφημα with אABCD.
_Vulg_. ‘loqui verba’ only.
τούτου omitted with אDEHP. _Vulg_. ‘locum sanctum’ only.
13. ΜΆΡΤΥΡΑΣ ΨΕΥΔΕΙ͂Σ, _false witnesses_. Their
falseness consists in...
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_THE FACE OF AN ANGEL ACTS 6:12-15:_ The Jews were unable to answer
the things that Stephen taught about Jesus. They accused him of
blasphemy against Moses and the customs he had delivered. They charg...
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ΈΣΤΗΣΆΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 6:6.
ΨΕΥΔΉΣ (G5571) фальшивый, ложный. По
поводу обвинений и о том, лгали ли
свидетели, или просто неправильно
поняли слова Стефана, _см._ SF, 172-82, 270-77,
312-1...
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17.
STEPHEN BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 6:13Acts 7:57.
a.
The testimony of the false witnesses. Acts 6:13-14.
Acts 6:13
and set up false
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See notes on verse 11...
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And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES, WHICH SAID, THIS MAN CEASETH NOT - a
testi...
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13 These synagogues were doubtless very lax in their adherence to the
Jewish law and customs, yet they are not ashamed to charge Stephen
with this, in order to inflame the Sanhedrin against him. The f...
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THIS HOLY PLACE] i.e. the Temple....
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THE PREACHING, MIRACLES, AND ARREST OF STEPHEN.
The reason why the preaching of Stephen gave so much greater offence
than that of the Twelve probably was that he saw that the coming of
Christ virtuall...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CHAPTER 15
ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION.
Acts 6:12; Acts 7:1
ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the
primitive deacons. Stephen, however, much surpa...
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οὗτος : here and in Acts 6:14 used contemptuously, _iste_, so
Vulgate; _cf._ Acts 7:40; Acts 18:18; Acts 19:26, ὁ Παῦλος
οὗτος. οὐ παύεται λαλῶν : the words in thems
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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...
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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....
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One of the Seven, Stephen, Accused of Blasphemy
The record of great miracles being wrought by Stephen is the first
such by anyone other than an apostle. It should be noted that such was
not accomplish...
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(10) And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to
speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
(10) An example of frivolous objectors or false accusers, who gather...
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It was true that Jesus would destroy the place, and change their
traditions, yet they were false witnesses, because they deposed, that
Stephen had made these assertions, which he had not, purposely to...
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STEPHEN'S MINISTRY
8-15. Though Stephen was but a poor, uncultured layman, honored with
the office of deacon, _i. e_., permitted to sweep the floor, and light
the lamps, and collect money to support t...
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles
among the people. (9) Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which
is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, an...
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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...
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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...
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AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES,.... Having hired them, they brought them
and set them before the sanhedrim, to bear witness against Stephen:
WHICH SAID, THIS MAN; meaning Stephen, who was now before the...
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And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Ver. 13. _Blasphemous words_] So was Athanasius accused....
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_Then they suborned men_ As they found they were incapable of
defending themselves by fair argument, they had recourse to a most
mean and dishonest fraud; _they suborned men_ to bear false witness
aga...
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AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES, WHICH SAID, THIS MAN CEASETH NOT TO SPEAK
BLASPHEMOUS WORDS AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE AND THE LAW;...
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THE TESTIMONY OF STEPHEN. Acts 6:9...
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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....
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THEY ALSO SET UP FALSE WITNESSES WHO SAID, " THIS MAN DOES NOT CEASE
TO SPEAK BLASPHEMOUS WORDS AGAINST THIS HOLY PLACE AND THE LAW;
1. The arranged for men to lie (false witness) against Stephen.
2...
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and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak
words against this holy place, and the law:
'SET UP FALSE WITNESSES'-'There they had false witnesses stand up and
lie' (Beck). One w...
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8-15 When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant,
they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against
him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no grea...
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They mingled in their testimony false things with truths, as they who
witnessed against our Saviour had done. St. Stephen might possibly
have inculcated what our Saviour had foretold, LUKE 19:43,44, a...
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Acts 6:13 also G5037 up G2476 (G5627) false G5571 witnesses G3144 said
G3004 (G5723) This G5127 man...
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THE PREACHING AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN (6:8-7:60).
It is one of the exciting things about serving God that we never know
what He is going to do next. In Acts 6:1 the Apostles had rid
themselves of the...
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‘And set up false witnesses, who said, “This man does not cease
from speaking words against this holy place, and the law, for we have
heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place...
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Acts 6:13. AND SET UP FALSE WITNESSES. These words have created some
difficulty. In what sense were these witnesses ‘false'? At first
sight Stephen seems to have used in his arguments words not very
d...
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FALSE WITNESSES
(μαρτυρας ψευδεις). Just as Caiaphas did with
Jesus.CEASETH NOT
(ου παυετα). Wild charge just like a false witness that
Stephen talks in the synagogues against the law and the hol...
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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...
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Acts 6:11
The first Christian Martyr. Look:
I. At Stephen as a man. The third verse gives us to understand that he
was a man of "honest report:" literally, a man well testified of the
public bore him...
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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...
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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...
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THIS MAN. Instead of attacking all Christians, they direct their
slander against Stephen only. By doing this, they hope to be able to
prejudice the people and turn them away from Christ. Compare note...
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_Then they suborned men._
THE ACCUSATION OF STEPHEN
I. Its authors (Acts 6:9). Observe here--
1. That moral perversity is common to men of every race. All these
men, “Libertines,” etc., differing w...
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_And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles
among the people._
THE LAST FIRST
I. The points in which Stephen was last.
1. His position was entirely subordinate. The deacons...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 6:8 Stephen ministered to the needy and also
taught the Word and performed WONDERS AND SIGNS.
⇐...
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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
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 6:8. FAITH.—According to the best texts should be _grace_ (Acts
4:33); the change having probably been made to correspond with Acts
6:5.
Acts
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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, _...
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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...
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Acts 6:11; Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11; Psalms 56:5...
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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)...