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
Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.
Acts 2:41
Those, therefore, who joyfully welcomed his Message were baptized; and on that one day about three thousand persons were added to them;
Acts 4:4
But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed; and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.
Acts 5:14
and more and more believers in the Lord joined them, including great numbers both of men and women--
There
1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love always continue.
James 4:5
Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
James 5:9
Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.
Grecians
Acts 9:29
and speaking fearlessly in the name of the Lord. And he often talked with the Hellenists and had discussions with them.
Acts 11:20
But some of them were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also and told them the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.
Hebrews
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
circumcised, as I was, on the eighth day, a member of the race of Israel and of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from Hebrews; as to the Law a Pharisee;
Their
Acts 9:39
So Peter rose and went with them. On his arrival they took him upstairs, and the widow women all came and stood by his side, weeping and showing him the underclothing and cloaks and garments of all kinds which Dorcas used to make while she was still with them.
Matthew 23:14
No translation
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn first to show piety towards their own homes and to prove their gratitude to their parents; for this is well pleasing in the sight of God.
James 1:27
The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.