Acts 6:2
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
KJV
προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπαν, οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διακονεῖν τραπέζαις·
Greek NT
Convocantes autem duodecim multitudinem discipulorum, dixerunt : Non est æquum nos derelinquere verbum Dei, et ministrare mensis.
Vulgate
And 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.
ASV
Then the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. In the next place, because he had sharply dealt with them by using the word schism, he again softens and soothes them, saying, That ye may be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. That is; since he had said, That ye may all speak the same thing; do not suppose, he adds, that I said concord should be only in words; I seek for that harmony which …
Cross-references
- 2Tim 2:4 — No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
- Acts 15:30 — So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
- Deut 1:9 — And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
- Deut 1:13 — Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Exod 18:17 — And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
- Neh 6:3 — And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?