Acts 6
Treated in 19 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 6:4 As for us, we will hold fast to prayer and to the service of the word." 6
- 6:1 In those days, while the number of disciples kept growing, the Greek-speaking believers began to grumble against those who spoke Hebrew. Their widows, they said, were being passed over when food was given out each day. 3
- 6:8 Stephen was full of grace and power, and he worked wonders and great signs among the people. 3
- 6:10 Yet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke were too much for them; they could not hold their ground. 3
- 6:15 Everyone seated in the council fixed their eyes on Stephen, and they saw that his face looked like an angel's. 2
- 6:2 So the Twelve called the whole company of the disciples together and said, "It is not fitting for us to leave aside the word of God in order to serve at tables. 1
- 6:3 So, brothers and sisters, look among yourselves for seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this need. 1
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Where it is preached
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Isn’t Christianity Bad for Women? cites Acts 6:1
…refused to do it themselves. Christian widows were cared for rather than left destitute (Acts 6:1). Women hosted some of the earliest house churches, like Lydia in Philippi. Much later…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Seven Helpers cites Acts 6:1–7
…at school: is anyone being left out? And what can we do about it? Read it in your Bible: Acts 6:1–7 Dear God, thank you that every job in your family matters. Help me to notice when someone…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Mystery of Iniquity cites Acts 6:1
…the other widows, who were not Hebrews, “were neglected in the daily administration.” (Acts 6:1.) Distribution was not made to them according as everyone had need. Here was a manifest…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites Acts 6:2
…the seven deacons elected in any other way, than at the sight and approval of the people (Acts 6:2). “Those examples,” says Cyprian, “show that the ordination of a priest behoved not to…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
A School of Christ cites ACTS 6:3
…honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ACTS 6:3 In Geneva these deacons oversaw the city’s general hospital, which cared for the sick…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Preparing the Messenger cites Acts 6:4
…halves: “But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4, ASV). Notice the order. Prayer comes first, and then the ministry of the word. Jesus…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix A: Twenty-Five Lessons from Hyde’s Prayer Life cites Acts 6:4
…guarded both: “we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4, ASV). 10. Keep the Bible Open When You Pray Jones remembered Hyde kneeling with his…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 6:4
…his daily prayer was anchored in Scripture. Scriptures to revisit Luke 6:12; Mark 1:35; Acts 6:4; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Chronicles 14:11. Reflection 1. How do you prepare yourself, not just…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
The Real Sermon Is Made in the Closet cites ACTS 6:4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. ACTS 6:4 Power Through Prayer was written for preachers, and it is one of the most uncomfortable…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
February cites Acts vi. 4
…Learn to labor and to wait.” February 16 “We will give ourselves continually to prayer” (Acts vi. 4). In the consecrated believer the Holy Spirit is pre-eminently a Spirit of prayer. If our…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Ministry of the Word cites ACTS 6:4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. ACTS 6:4 Among the messages given to the workers in the trainings of Nee’s last years of freedom…
- The Secret of Guidance ·
The Fulness of the Spirit cites Acts vi. 8
…going on (Acts xiii. 52). Full: the adjective, indicating the perpetual experience (Acts vi. 8). There is, of course, more in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit than is at all realized by…
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (For Teens) ·
A Church That Will Not Be Destroyed cites Acts 6:8–7
…God in His Church might appear to His glory.” One thing to do this week: look up and read Acts 6:8–7:60, the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Notice what he saw, what he said…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Stephen Sees Jesus cites Acts 6:8–15
…God had a plan, even for this. And He had a plan for Saul too. Read it in your Bible: Acts 6:8–15; 7:54–8:3 Dear Jesus, thank you that you are waiting for everyone who loves you. Please…
- Communion with God ·
The general ways of the saints' acting in communion with the Holy Ghost cites Acts vi. 10
…in Stephen, it is said that they “were not able to resist the Spirit by which he spake,” Acts vi. 10. The Holy Ghost then setting up a ministry in the church, separating men thereto…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites Acts vi. 10
…felt it. Nevertheless, they still perseveringly continued His adversaries. Stephen, (Acts vi. 10,) so spoke, that, according to the testimony of Luke, “they could not resist the spirit…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 3 — Regeneration by Faith cites Acts 6:10
…when they could not resist the Spirit speaking by Stephen, yet were bent on resisting (Acts 6:10). There can be no doubt that many of them were carried away by zeal for the law; but it…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
February cites Acts vi. 15
…A. Blackwood. February 13 All . . . saw his face as it had been the face of an angel Acts vi. 15. The face is made every day by its morning prayer, and by its morning look out of windows…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Resurrection cites Acts 6:15
…they shall be like Stephen, whose face shone as if it had been the face of an angel. Acts 6:15. Nay, they will be made like Christ’s glorious body. Phil 3:21. The bodies of the saints…