Acts 6:1-15 BSB

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 6:1-15

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 inundation which laid all Thessalia under water, two hundred and forty eight years after the deluge of Ogyges. Erasmus says that the ancient jews called all uncircumcised nations by this name; and so indeed it would seem, for Mark calls the woman of Tyre and Sidon a Hellenist: chap. Acts 7:26. But... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:1-7

Acts 6:1-7And in those days … there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews.Trouble the lot of the ChurchThe Church on earth has always trouble; if it is not persecuted from without, disorders arise from within which is still more dangerous. (Starke.)The poor the treasures of the Church1. They stir up its spiritual gifts.2. They exercise its brotherly love.3. They are its ornament before the world.4. They bear interest to it in eternity.When Laurentius the martyr was commanded by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:3-6

Acts 6:3-6Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men.The work of the Spirit in the deaconship of the Christian ChurchI. The reasons assigned.1. That the apostles might be relieved of secular duties. This did not arise out of any idea of superiority. They were the servants of all, ready to be, do, or suffer anything that might be for the glory of God and the good of men. Nor did it arise from any low estimate of the temporal interests of the Church. They were no ascetics. Temporalities... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:7

Acts 6:7And the Word of God increased.Good earnests of great successI. The means by which this prosperity may be procured. Nothing can avail without--1. The operation of the Holy Spirit and the smile from heaven. Paul planteth, Apollos watereth, and God giveth the increase.2. The plain preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been struck with the downrightness of the testimony of the Reformers. It was so with Farren, Luther, Calvin, etc. They did not aim at lofty periods and flowing... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:8-15

Acts 6:8-15And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.The last firstI. The points in which Stephen was last.1. His position was entirely subordinate. The deacons were appointed to help the apostles in the lower part of their functions, and even this they did not presume to do without delegation from the apostles. We may imagine, then, the apostles retiring after the ordination to give themselves without distraction to their spiritual exercises. But it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:11-15

Acts 6:11-15Then they suborned men.The accusation of StephenI. Its authors (Acts 6:9). Observe here--1. That moral perversity is common to men of every race. All these men, “Libertines,” etc., differing widely in many respects, agreed in their antagonism to the true and Divine.2. That theological controversy often irritates rather than convinces.II. Its spirit (Acts 6:10)--hostility to a truth which they felt an utter incapacity to deny. An unpalatable truth was forced upon them, despite of all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:15

Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly upon him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel The martyr of JesusI. Stephen’s circumstances and transfiguration.1. It was a.d. 37 that he died. The circumstances of that year in the government of the Jewish people were altogether exceptional. Pilate had left the country, and Judaea was, for the time, without any representation of the Imperial Government, and thus the power over life and property remained absolutely in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 6:1

1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Ver. 1. Of the Grecians ] Ελληνισται , Graecists; such (say some) as were by birth and religion Hebrews, but dispersed among the Gentiles; those to whom James and Peter wrote their Epistles. Others think they were Greek proselytes, that were circumcised, and read the Septuagint. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 6:2

2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them , and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Ver. 2. It is not reason ] αρεστον , an arrest or order, saith Erasmus; a plea, judgment, or sentence, saith Budaeus. Serve tables ] And do other such offices for the relief of the poor. Bishop Hooper is famous for his board of beggars, who till they were served every day with whole and wholesome meats, he would not himself sit down to... read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 6:1-15

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 6:1-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:1-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:3-6

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:8-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:11-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 6:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 6:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 6:2

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