Acts 6:5
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| Overview - Acts 6 | |
| 1 | The apostles, desirous to have the poor regarded for their bodily sustenance, as also careful themselves to dispense the word of God, the food of the soul, |
| 3 | recommend, |
| 5 | and with the church's consent ordain seven chosen men to the office of deaconship. |
| 7 | The word of God prevails, |
| 8 | Stephen, full of faith and the Holy Ghost, confuting those with whom he disputed, is brought before the council, and falsely accused of blasphemy against the law and the temple. |
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Acts 6:5 (King James Version)
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
- the saying
- 15:22 Genesis 41:37 ; Proverbs 15:1 Proverbs 15:23 ; Proverbs 25:11 Proverbs 25:12
- Stephen
- Acts 6:3 Acts 6:8 Acts 6:10 ; 7:1-60 Acts 8:1 Acts 8:2 11:24 Micah 3:8
- Philip
- Acts 8:5-13 Acts 8:26-40 21:8
- Nicolas
- Revelation 2:6 Revelation 2:15
- a proselyte
- 13:1