Acts 6:3

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Summary

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Brethren

Look

2 Corinthians 8:19

Whom

Acts 6:6

Acts 13:2

1 Timothy 3:8

Bible References

Brethren

And the brethren, discovering it, brought him down into Caesarea, and sent him away unto Tarsus.

writing through their hand - The Apostles and the Elder Brethren, unto the brethren throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, who are from among the nations, wish joy!

But, ye, - do not be called Rabbi, - for, one, is your Teacher, and, all ye, are brethren;

We, know, that we have passed over out of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not, abideth in death.

Look

It is needful then that, of the men who companied with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out over us,

Then said Yahweh unto Moses - Gather thou unto me seventy men, from among the elders of Israel, of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people and their overseers, - then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there with thee.

Set forth for you - men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes, - that I may appoint them to be heads over you.

And, as soon as I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve by letters, these, will I send, to bear away your favour unto Jerusalem:

Not only so, however, but he hath also been appointed by the assemblies, as a fellow-traveler with us in this favour, which is being ministered by us with a view to the Lord's glory and our earnest desire: -

Whom

Whom they set before the Apostles, and, praying, they laid upon them their hands.

And, as they were publicly ministering unto the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said - Separate forthwith unto me, Barnabas and Saul, unto the work whereunto I have called them.

Ministers, in the same way, - dignified, not double-tongued, not, to much wine, given, not greedy of base gain,