Acts 6:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 [when] the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

writing [this letter] {to be delivered by them}: The apostles and the elders, brothers. To the brothers [who are] from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. Greetings!

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,

We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

Look

Therefore it is necessary for [one] of the men who have accompanied us during all the time [in] which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know [are] elders of the people and their officials; take them to the tent of assembly, and they will stand there with you.

Choose for yourselves {wise and discerning and knowledgeable men} for [each of] your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'

And whenever I arrive, whomever you approve by letters, I will send these to take your gift to Jerusalem.

And not only [this], but he was also chosen by the churches [as] our traveling companion together with this gift that is being administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and [to show] our readiness [to help].

Whom

whom they stood before the apostles. And they prayed [and] placed [their] hands on them.

And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not insincere, not devoted to much wine, not fond of dishonest gain,