Acts 6:1

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Acts 6:1

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Summary

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.

When

There

Grecians

Acts 9:29

Acts 11:20

Hebrews

2 Corinthians 11:22

Philippians 3:5

Their

The daily

Acts 2:45

Acts 4:35

Bible References

When

The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand

souls.

But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,

May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon;
And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.

Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;

In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,

Your youth are to You as the dew.

In the days to come Jacob will take root,

Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

‘From them will proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who

celebrate;

And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished;
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.

There

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Let love of the brethren continue.

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing

right at the door.

Grecians

And he was talking and arguing with the

Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the

Greeks also,

preaching the Lord Jesus.

Hebrews

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they

descendants of Abraham? So am I.

circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

Their

So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

“When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Learn to do good;

Seek justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Defend the orphan,

Plead for the widow.

They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the

alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

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but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

The daily

and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need.