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Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 6:1-14

Obedient to the Faith Acts 6:1-14 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) Full of the Holy Ghost; (3) Wisdom. Let us take these up one at a time. 1. Men of honest report, Grace never condones crookedness anywhere, at any time. Men who serve in Heavenly things must provide things honest in the sight of all men. They must be men who have established themselves in the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1-7

The Ministry of the Apostles (3:1-6:7). The pouring out of the Holy Spirit having taken place, and the infant church having been shown to be established, Luke now goes on to deal with the way in which the infant church rapidly expanded, firstly through the ministry of the Apostles (Acts 3:1 to Acts 6:7), and then more widely through the ministry of some of their appointees (Acts 6:8 to Acts 9:31). God is revealed as at work in sovereign power, and His Apostles are having to keep up. But it is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:3

“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 seven suitably qualified people be selected from among their number to act as administrators, taking charge of the practical distribution of alms among the Hellenists while they themselves concentrated on preaching the word. (The system which was working well among the Hebraic believers could carry... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1-6

Acts 6:1-Joshua : . 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 who spoke Aramaic. This happens “ in these days” ( cf. Acts 1:15); we are not told the month or the year, only there is a transition in the narrative. The Church is growing; the existence of different elements in it is felt. A daily dole, probably financial, takes place (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 6:3

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 the service of God and his church. Full of the Holy Ghost; of the gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost, which were not bestowed on the apostles only. And wisdom; or prudence, and skill in the word of God, which only is able to make a man wise unto salvation, 2 Timothy 3:15. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 6:1-7

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 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 the present chapter may be set down as having taken place in A.D. 35 or 36. It is satisfactory to know that while Baur denies, Zeller, and Weizsäcker admit that the ensuing narrative concerning Stephen proceeds upon undeniably historical ground. Was multiplied.—Better, was multiplying, or becoming... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-3

Acts 6:1-3 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 bred in foreign countries, whose language therefore was Greek. The home Jews or Hebrews looked down on the foreign Jews or Grecians as having contracted contamination by their long contact with the uncircumcised heathen. (2) The Grecians murmured. This disposition to grumble seriously threatened the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-6

Acts 6:1-6 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 proportion they bore to those born in Palestine, called by Luke "Hebrews." It is certain that their influence must have been out of proportion to their numbers. They were men of higher average intelligence and energy than the villagers of Judæa, or the small traders of the capital, and were not likely to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-15

Acts 6:0 ; Acts 7:0 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 other; and sooner or later the followers of the one will come into collision with the votaries of the other. The opposition of the ungodly is one of the seals to the genuineness of our discipleship; and if we bear ourselves rightly under it, who can tell but that it may be the occasion of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-15

Chapter 6Now 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 ( Acts 6:1 )Now another problem with this community living that was practiced by the early church sharing everything. Another problem arises here in chapter 6.there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration ( Acts 6:1... read more

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 6:1-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1-7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1-6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 6:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 6:1-7

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-3

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-15

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-15

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