2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. …
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: …
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Having seen the church’s struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have, I. An unhappy disagreement among some of the church-members, which might have been of ill consequence, but was prudently accommodated and taken up in time (Acts 6:1): When the number of the disciples (for so Christi…
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