New American Standard Bible 2020

Acts 6:5-7

5The 1announcementG3056 foundG700 approvalG700 with the wholeG3956 2congregationG4128; and they choseG1586 3StephenG4736, a manG435 4fullG4134 of faithG4102 and of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151, and 5PhilipG5376, ProchorusG4402, NicanorG3527, TimonG5096, ParmenasG3937, and 6NicolasG3532, a 7 8proselyteG4339 from 9AntiochG491. 6And they broughtG2476 theseG3739 menG3739 beforeG1799 the apostlesG652; and after 10prayingG4336, they 11laidG2007 their handsG5495 onG2007 them.

7 12The wordG3056 of GodG2316 kept spreadingG837; and 13the numberG706 of the disciplesG3101 continued to increaseG4129 greatlyG4970 in JerusalemG2419, and a greatG4183 manyG3793 of the priestsG2409 were becomingG5219 obedientG5219 to 14the faithG4102.

Notes

1. Acts 6:5 Lit word ↩
2. Acts 6:5 Lit multitude ↩
3. Acts 6:5 Acts 6:8ff; 11:19; 22:20 ↩
4. Acts 6:5 Acts 6:3; 11:24 ↩
5. Acts 6:5 Acts 8:5ff; 21:8 ↩
6. Acts 6:5 Gr Nikolaos ↩
7. Acts 6:5 I.e., a Gentile convert to Judaism ↩
8. Acts 6:5 Matt 23:15 ↩
9. Acts 6:5 Acts 11:19 ↩
10. Acts 6:6 Acts 1:24 ↩
11. 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 ↩
12. Acts 6:7 Acts 12:24; 19:20 ↩
13. Acts 6:7 Acts 6:1 ↩
14. Acts 6:7 Acts 13:8; 14:22; Gal 1:23; 6:10; Jude 3, 20 ↩