Acts 6:5 - Commentary

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Text -- Acts 6:5 (NET)

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6:5 The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

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Names, People and Places:

· Antioch a city in Syria located 15 miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea on the Orontes River,a principal city of the province of Pisidia in Asia Minor, west of Iconium.

· Nicanor one of seven men chosen by the church at Jerusalem to look after the distribution of food

· Nicolaus one of seven men chosen by the church at Jerusalem to look after the distribution of food

· Parmenas one of seven men chosen by the church at Jerusalem to look after the distribution of food

· Philip a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem

· Prochorus one of seven men chosen by the church at Jerusalem to look after the distribution of food

· Stephen the man who became the first Christian martyr

· Timon one of seven men chosen by the church at Jerusalem to look after the distribution of food