Deacons Chosen To Serve The early church was faced with a big problem involving
money (v. 1). There were two groups: the Hellenistic
Jews (Greek speaking) and the Hebrew Jews (Aramaic
speaking). The Hellenists said that their widows were
being neglected in the daily distribution. Tension
developed ...
Stephen Summoned before Synagogue Leaders Up to this point, the sign gifts seem to have been
administered only by the apostles, but now we
find Stephen, a newly
appointed deacon, also demonstrating these
extraordinary powers. Apparently his ministry was
primarily among the
Hellenistic
Jews, referred to here as the “ …
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Deacons Chosen To Serve
The early church was faced with a big problem involving money (v. 1). There were two groups: the Hellenistic Jews (Greek speaking) and the Hebrew Jews (Aramaic speaking). The Hellenists said that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. Tension developed ...
Stephen Summoned before Synagogue Leaders
Up to this point, the sign gifts seem to have been administered only by the apostles, but now we find Stephen, a newly appointed deacon, also demonstrating these extraordinary powers. Apparently his ministry was primarily among the Hellenistic Jews, referred to here as the “ …