| William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 378 pages
...the succeeding chapter, wherein we are told, that, ' when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected : ' t and, afterwards in the same chapter, it is declared expressly, that ' the number of the disciples... | |
| Samuel Miller - Clergy - 1830 - 556 pages
...when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring tif the Grecians against ihe Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelae called the multitude of ihe disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason tliot ire should... | |
| Samuel Miller - Elders (Church officers) - 1831 - 338 pages
...Acts of the Apostles vi. 1 — 6. And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the...in the daily ministration. Then the . twelve called theytultitude of the disciples unto them, and said — It is not reason that we should leave 'the word... | |
| Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...made responsible for any of the pecuniary derangements or deficiencies of the ecclesiastical treasury. "It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God and serve tables." This is no part of the burden that is laid upon him. The less he has to do with such matters, the better... | |
| William Graham Scroggie - 1994 - 1460 pages
...apostles' feet; and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need' (Acts iv. 34, 35). 'The Twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said: "It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God and serve tables. Look ye out therefore, brethren, from... | |
| David Daniell - Religion - 1995 - 488 pages
...grew, there arose a grudge among the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were despised in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together and said: it is not meet that we should leave the word of God and serve Seven deacons at the... | |
| Kevin Wayne Johnson - Christian life - 2001 - 178 pages
...appointed in the early church "And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Gre'-cians against...leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethen, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom... | |
| John Phillips - Religion - 2001 - 538 pages
...it involved not just a couple of individuals but a whole segment of the church. b. GRIEVANCES (6:16) There arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the...their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. There were two kinds of Jews within the fold of the church, as there were two kinds in Jewish society... | |
| Marsilius (of Padua), Cary J. Nederman - History - 2001 - 570 pages
...forth at the beginning of this chapter. First, then, with regard to the quotation from Acts, Chapter 6: "It is not reason that we should leave the word of God," etc.,25 it must be replied that the apostles said this not because they wished to acquire temporal... | |
| John Gill - Religion - 2001 - 380 pages
...of the 3 L church; and therefore called the church together, and thus argued with them ; It is no' reason, that we should leave the word of God and serve tables ; as it is not proper that any ordinary minister of the word should be entangled with the affairs of... | |
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