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Acts 6:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 6 · verse 5 · King James Version
And 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 · King James Version
Acts 6:5 in context
3Wherefore, 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.
4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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:
6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Key words (Strong's)
- multitudeplēthosa multitude, a great number, of men or things, the whole number, the whole multitude, the…G4128 →
- pleasedareskōto please, to strive to please, to accommodate one s self to the opinions desires and…G700 →
- pleasedenōpionin the presence of, before, of occupied place in that place which is before, or over…G1799 →
- StephenstephanosStephen = " crowned" , one of the seven deacons in Jerusalem and the first…G4736 →
- sayinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- wholepasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
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