Acts 6:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 6

⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 6:5 —

Old words in this verse

ghost: — spirit, breath of life.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Acts 21:8
And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
Acts 8:5-40
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. …
Acts 6:8
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Acts 6:3
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.

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Stephen, &c.--As this and the following names are all Greek, it is likely they were all of the “Grecian” class, which would effectually restore mutual confidence.