1 And in those dayes, as the nomber of ye disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towards ye Hebrewes, because their widowes were neglected in the dayly ministring. 2 Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayd, It is not meete that we should leaue the worde of God to serue the tables. 3 Wherefore brethren, looke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, and full of the holy Ghost, and of wisedome, which we may appoint to this busines. 4 And we will giue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the worde. 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy Ghost, and Philippe, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a Proselyte of Antiochia, 6 Which they set before the Apostles: and they prayed, and layed their hands on them. 7 And the worde of God increased, and the nomber of the disciples was multipled in Hierusalem greatly, and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith. 8 Now Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 9 Then there arose certaine of the Synagogue, which are called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and of Alexandria, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, and disputed with Steuen. 10 But they were not able to resist the wisdome, and the Spirit by the which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God. 12 Thus they mooued the people and the Elders, and the Scribes: and running vpon him, caught him, and brought him to the Councill, 13 And set forth false witnesses, which sayd, This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes against this holy place, and the Law. 14 For we haue heard him say, that this Iesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the ordinances, which Moses gaue vs. 15 And as all that sate in the Councill, looked stedfastly on him, they saw his face as it had bene the face of an Angel.
Hechos · Biblia de Ginebra (1599)
Hechos 6 Biblia de Ginebra (1599)
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Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Personas y lugares de este capítulo
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Personas
Nicanor
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Citado en la guía: Acts 6:5
Nicolas
A convert to Judaism from Antioch, listed last among the seven men chosen at Jerusalem.
Citado en la guía: Acts 6:5
Parmenas
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Citado en la guía: Acts 6:5
Prochorus
One of the seven men of good reputation chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Citado en la guía: Acts 6:5
Timon
One of the seven men chosen to oversee the daily distribution at Jerusalem.
Citado en la guía: Acts 6:5
Referencias cruzadas (15)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Santiago 5:9; Hechos 4:35; Hechos 2:41; Hechos 9:39; Hechos 6:7
- 2 Deuteronomio 1:9–14; Éxodo 18:17–26; 2 Timoteo 2:4; Nehemías 6:3; Números 11:11–13
- 3 1 Timoteo 3:7–15; Deuteronomio 1:13; Santiago 3:17–18; Números 27:18–19; 1 Timoteo 5:10
- 4 Hechos 1:14; 1 Timoteo 4:13–16; Filipenses 1:9–11; Hechos 2:42; 2 Timoteo 4:2
- 5 Hechos 11:24; Hechos 21:8; Hechos 8:5–40; Hechos 6:8; Hechos 7:1–8:2
- 6 2 Timoteo 1:6; Números 8:10; Hechos 1:24; 1 Timoteo 4:14; Hechos 8:17
- 7 Hechos 19:20; Hechos 12:24; Colosenses 1:6; Hebreos 5:9; Romanos 16:26
- 8 Hechos 4:29–30; Hechos 6:5; Hechos 7:55; 1 Timoteo 3:13; Hechos 6:10
- 9 Hechos 15:41; Hechos 15:23; Hechos 22:3; Hechos 23:34; Mateo 27:32
- 10 Lucas 21:15; 1 Corintios 2:4; Mateo 10:19–20; Juan 7:46; Lucas 12:11–12
- 11 Mateo 26:59–60; 1 Reyes 21:10–13; Hechos 18:6; Hechos 15:21; Hechos 21:28
- 12 Proverbios 15:18; Hechos 14:2; Mateo 26:57; Hechos 5:18; Hechos 16:19–21
- 13 Hechos 6:11; Hechos 21:28; Salmo 56:5; Salmo 27:12; Mateo 24:15
- 14 Daniel 9:26; Hebreos 12:26–28; Hechos 21:21; Hechos 15:1; Gálatas 4:3–5
- 15 Mateo 13:43; Eclesiastés 8:1; Éxodo 34:29–35; Mateo 17:2; 2 Corintios 3:18
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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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.
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)