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Acts 6:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Acts 6:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 [a]Which they set before the Apostles: and they prayed, and [b]laid their hands on them.
7 [c]And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the [d]faith.
8 ¶ [e]Now Stephen full of faith and [f]power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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- Acts 6:6 The ancient Church did with laying on of hands, as it were consecrate to the Lord, such as were lawfully elected.
- Acts 6:6 This ceremony of laying on of hands came from the Jews, who used this order both in public affairs, and offering of sacrifices, and also in private prayers and blessings, as appeareth Gen. 28, and the Church observed this ceremony, 1 Tim. 5:22; Acts 8:17, but here is no mention made either of cream, or shaving, or raising, or crossing, etc.
- Acts 6:7 An happy end of temptation.
- Acts 6:7 This is the figure Metonymy, meaning by faith, the doctrine of the Gospel which engendereth faith.
- Acts 6:8 God exerciseth his Church first with evil words and slanders, then with imprisonments, afterward with scourgings, and by these means prepareth it in such sort, that at length he causeth it to encounter with Satan and the world, even to bloodshed and death, and that with good success.
- Acts 6:8 Excellent and singular gifts.
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