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So,δέbrothers,ἀδελφοίselectἐπισκέψασθεfrom amongἐξyouὑμῶνsevenἑπτὰmenἄνδραςof good testimony,μαρτυρουμένουςfullπλήρειςof the Spiritπνεύματοςandκαὶof wisdom,σοφίαςwhomοὓςwe will appointκαταστήσομενoverἐπὶthisτῆς ταύτηςtask;χρείας
Acts 6:3
Study it in the app“So, brothers, select from among you seven men of good testimony, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this task;”
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With the Greek beneath
Acts 6:3, word by word
- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- selectἐπισκέψασθεepiskepsasthe
select
To look for someone for a task.
Where else “episkepsasthe” appears- sevenἑπτὰhepta
seven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appears- menἄνδραςandras
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andras” appears- of good testimonyμαρτυρουμένουςmartyroumenous
have good repute
To have a good name.
Where else “martyroumenous” appears- fullπλήρειςplēreis
full
Full.
Where else “plēreis” appears- of the Spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- of wisdomσοφίαςsophias
wisdom
Wisdom.
Where else “sophias” appears- we will appointκαταστήσομενkatastēsomen
appoint
To charge someone with something.
Where else “katastēsomen” appears- taskχρείαςchreias
task
A task, an assignment.
Where else “chreias” appears
The context
2So the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
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4but we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the service of the word.”
To study Acts 6 in a group
1. What it says
What complaint arose among the disciples, and whom did they choose to handle it? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
Why did the apostles prefer to give themselves to prayer and the word, and entrust the serving to others? (vv. 2-4)
3. How I live it
In this story some people were being overlooked. Whom in your family or community could you pay closer attention to?