1 A u ove dane, kad se umnožiše učenici, podigoše Grci viku na Jevreje što se njihove udovice zaboravljahu kad se deliše hrana svaki dan. 2 Onda dvanaestorica dozvavši mnoštvo učenika, rekoše: Nije prilično nama da ostavimo reč Božju pa da služimo oko trpeza. 3 Nađite dakle, braćo, među sobom sedam poštenih ljudi, punih Duha Svetog i premudrosti, koje ćemo postaviti nad ovim poslom. 4 A mi ćemo u molitvi i u službi reči ostati. 5 I ova reč bi ugodna svemu narodu. I izabraše Stefana, čoveka napunjena vere i Duha Svetog, i Filipa, i Prohora, i Nikanora, i Timona, i Parmena, i Nikolu pokrštenjaka iz Antiohije. 6 Ove postaviše pred apostole i oni pomolivši se Bogu metnuše ruke na njih. 7 I reč Božja rastijaše, i množaše se vrlo broj učenika u Jerusalimu. I sveštenici mnogi pokoravahu se veri. 8 A Stefan pun vere i sile činjaše znake i čudesa velika među ljudima. 9 Tada ustaše neki iz zbornice koja se zove liverćanska i kirinačka i aleksandrijska i onih koji behu iz Kilikije i Azije, i prepirahu se sa Stefanom. 10 I ne mogahu protivu stati premudrosti i Duhu kojim govoraše. 11 Tada podgovoriše ljude te kazaše: Čusmo ga gde huli na Mojsija i na Boga. 12 I pobuniše narod i starešine i književnike, i napadoše i uhvatiše ga, i dovedoše ga na sabor. 13 I izvedoše lažne svedoke koji govorahu: Ovaj čovek ne prestaje huliti na ovo sveto mesto i na zakon. 14 Jer ga čusmo gde govori: Ovaj Isus Nazarećanin razvaliće ovo mesto, i izmeniće običaje koje nam ostavi Mojsije. 15 I pogledavši na nj svi koji seđahu na saboru videše lice njegovo kao lice anđela.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Nicanor
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5
Nicolas
A convert to Judaism from Antioch, listed last among the seven men chosen at Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5
Parmenas
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5
Philip
One of the seven chosen at Jerusalem; he preached in Samaria, baptized the Ethiopian official, and later hosted Paul at Caesarea with his four prophesying daughters.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:38
Prochorus
One of the seven men of good reputation chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5
Stephen
One of the seven chosen to serve tables, full of faith and the Holy Spirit; he was stoned after his speech to the Sanhedrin and became the first martyr.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 7:59; Acts 8:2
Timon
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 5:9; Acts 4:35; Acts 2:41; Acts 9:39; Acts 6:7
- 2 Deuteronomy 1:9–14; Exodus 18:17–26; 2 Timothy 2:4; Nehemiah 6:3; Numbers 11:11–13
- 3 1 Timothy 3:7–15; Deuteronomy 1:13; James 3:17–18; Numbers 27:18–19; 1 Timothy 5:10
- 4 Acts 1:14; 1 Timothy 4:13–16; Philippians 1:9–11; Acts 2:42; 2 Timothy 4:2
- 5 Acts 11:24; Acts 21:8; Acts 8:5–40; Acts 6:8; Acts 7:1–8:2
- 6 2 Timothy 1:6; Numbers 8:10; Acts 1:24; 1 Timothy 4:14; Acts 8:17
- 7 Acts 19:20; Acts 12:24; Colossians 1:6; Hebrews 5:9; Romans 16:26
- 8 Acts 4:29–30; Acts 6:5; Acts 7:55; 1 Timothy 3:13; Acts 6:10
- 9 Acts 15:41; Acts 15:23; Acts 22:3; Acts 23:34; Matthew 27:32
- 10 Luke 21:15; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Matthew 10:19–20; John 7:46; Luke 12:11–12
- 11 Matthew 26:59–60; 1 Kings 21:10–13; Acts 18:6; Acts 15:21; Acts 21:28
- 12 Proverbs 15:18; Acts 14:2; Matthew 26:57; Acts 5:18; Acts 16:19–21
- 13 Acts 6:11; Acts 21:28; Psalm 56:5; Psalm 27:12; Matthew 24:15
- 14 Daniel 9:26; Hebrews 12:26–28; Acts 21:21; Acts 15:1; Galatians 4:3–5
- 15 Matthew 13:43; Ecclesiastes 8:1; Exodus 34:29–35; Matthew 17:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
See how even among the seven one was preëminent, and won the first prize. For though the ordination was common to him and them, yet he drew upon himself greater grace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… the tables, previous to the time when Paul was brought to the faith of Christ, the reply given by the apostles, who before then had adhered to the Lord, was: "It is not good that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables." Then it was that they provided for the ordination of deacons, that they themselves might …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)