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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 6:1-7

Having seen the church's struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have, I. An unhappy disagreement among some of the church-members, which might have been of ill consequence, but was prudently accommodated and taken up in time (Acts 6:1): When the number of the disciples (for so Christians were at first called, learners of Christ) was multiplied to many thousands in Jerusalem, there... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 6:1-7

6:1-7 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 overlooked in the daily distribution. The Twelve sent for the main body of the disciples and said, "It is not fitting that we should abandon the word of God to serve tables. So, brethren, look about for seven attested men from your number, men full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, and we will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied ,.... From an hundred and twenty to three thousand more, from thence to five thousand more, and after that a multitude of men and women were added, and still they were increasing; see Acts 1:15 Acts 2:41 . This increase of the disciples agrees with what Maimonides says F26 Hilchot Tephilla, c. 2. sect. 1. , before observed, that "in the days of Gamaliel, רבו מינים , "the heretics were multiplied in Israel".' ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:2

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 between the two sorts of believers, the Hebrew and thc Hellenistic Jews, called the multitude of the disciples unto them ; either the hundred and twenty, the original members of the church, which first formed it, and on whom the Holy Ghost descended on the day of Pentecost; or rather the whole... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:3

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, must be members of the church, and of the same church to which they are ordained deacons; and that they must be chosen to that office by the whole community, or by the common suffrages and votes of the people. So the F2 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 55. 1. Jews "did not appoint פרנס , (which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:4

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer ,.... Both in private for themselves, and the church; and in the houses and families of the saints, with the sick and distressed;. and in public, in the temple, or in whatsoever place they met for public worship: and to the ministry of the word ; the preaching of the Gospel, to which prayer is absolutely prerequisite, and with which it is always to be joined. These two, prayer and preaching, are the principal employment of a Gospel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude ,.... The speech the apostles made took with them; all things they proposed were universally approved of; the whole body of the church came into it at once unanimously; they all judged it highly reasonable, that the apostles should be eased of the burden in taking care of the poor, and that it should be transferred to some other persons, and they fixed on the following: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost ; he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:6

Whom they set before the apostles ,.... They did not barely nominate and propose them to them, but they brought them into their presence, and placed them before them, as the persons whom they had chosen, in order to be ordained by them. And when they had prayed ; for these seven men set before them, that they might appear to be richly qualified for this office, and might honourably and faithfully discharge it, to the peace of themselves, the advantage of the church, and the glory of God:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:7

And the word of God increased ,.... This stratagem of Satan did not succeed to divide the church, but issued in the better decorum and discipline of it, and in the spread and success of the Gospel; God thus making all things to work together for good; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; where Christ was crucified, the apostles were scourged, and treated with the utmost contempt, the sanhedrim and rulers of the Jews dwelt, who used all their power and craft... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1

A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews - Those who are here termed Grecians, Ηλληνισται , or Hellenists, were Jews who sojourned now at Jerusalem, but lived in countries where the Greek language was spoken, and probably in general knew no other. They are distinguished here from those called Hebrews, by which we are to understand native Jews, who spoke what was then termed the Hebrew language, a sort of Chaldaio-Syriac. It has been remarked that Greek words ending in ιστης ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 6:1-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 6:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 6:1

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