New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 6:2-6

2SoG1161 the twelveG1427 summonedG4341 the 1congregationG4128 of the disciplesG3101 and saidG3004, “It is not desirableG701 for us to neglectG2641 the wordG3056 of GodG2316 in order to serveG1247 tablesG5132. 3ThereforeG1161, 2brethrenG80, selectG1980 from amongG1537 you sevenG2033 menG435 of goodG3140 reputationG3140, 3fullG4134 of the SpiritG4151 and of wisdomG4678, whomG3739 we may putG2525 in chargeG2525 of thisG3778 taskG5532. 4But we will 4devoteG4342 ourselvesG4342 to prayerG4335 and to the 5ministryG1248 of the wordG3056.” 5The statementG3056 foundG700 approvalG700 with the wholeG3956 6congregationG4128; and they choseG1586 7StephenG4736, a manG435 8fullG4134 of faithG4102 and of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151, and 9PhilipG5376, ProchorusG4402, NicanorG3527, TimonG5096, ParmenasG3937 and 10NicolasG3532, a 11 12proselyteG4339 from 13AntiochG491. 6And theseG3739 they broughtG2476 beforeG1799 the apostlesG652; and after 14prayingG4336, they 15laidG2007 their handsG5495 on them.

Notes

1. Acts 6:2 Lit multitude ↩
2. Acts 6:3 John 21:23; Acts 1:15 ↩
3. Acts 6:3 Acts 2:4 ↩
4. Acts 6:4 Acts 1:14 ↩
5. Acts 6:4 Or service ↩
6. Acts 6:5 Lit multitude ↩
7. Acts 6:5 Acts 6:8ff; 11:19; 22:20 ↩
8. Acts 6:5 Acts 6:3; 11:24 ↩
9. Acts 6:5 Acts 8:5ff; 21:8 ↩
10. Acts 6:5 Gr Nikolaos ↩
11. Acts 6:5 I.e. a Gentile convert to Judaism ↩
12. Acts 6:5 Matt 23:15 ↩
13. Acts 6:5 Acts 11:19 ↩
14. Acts 6:6 Acts 1:24 ↩
15. Acts 6:6 Num 8:10; 27:18; Deut 34:9; Mark 5:23; Acts 8:17ff; 9:17; 13:3; 19:6; 1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6; Heb 6:2 ↩