Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Grecians
Hebrews
Bible References
When
Acts 6:7
And the word of the Lord continued to spread; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was increasing exceedingly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 2:41
Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;
Acts 4:4
But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Acts 5:14
Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.
There
1 Corinthians 10:10
nor murmur, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
James 4:5
Or do you suppose that it is in vain that the Scripture says, "The spirit which has its home in us yearns over us unto jealousy?"
James 5:9
Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!
Grecians
Acts 9:29
He also used to hold conversations and debates with the Grecian Jews, but they kept trying to kill him.
Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.
Hebrews
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they descendants of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;
Their
Acts 9:39
So Peter arose and went with them. On his arrival they took him up-stairs, and all the widows stood near him, weeping, and showing him the cloaks and garments which Dorcas used to make, while she was still with them.
Matthew 23:14
OMITTED TEXT.
1 Timothy 5:4
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn to show their piety first toward their own household, and to make some return to their parents, for that is pleasing in God's sight.
James 1:27
and undefiled before our God and Father, to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and ever to keep himself unspotted from the world.