Acts 6:4

6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Acts 6:6

6:6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed ¹  and placed ²  their hands on them.

[6:6]  ¹ tn Literally this is a participle in the Greek text (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi). It could be translated as a finite verb (“and they prayed and placed their hands on them”) but much smoother English results if the entire coordinate clause is converted to a relative clause that refers back to the apostles.

[6:6]  ² tn Or “laid.”