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Acts 6:8
The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:8
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:1-15EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:1-8Wise counsels. The prosperity of the Church was great. The first hypocrisy had been plucked up by the roots and burnt, so to speak in the presence of the whole congregation. A holy awe had mingled with faith and love to…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:5-8Stephen, the proto-martyr. Very little is known of his history. And, except for the sake of introducing Saul of Tarsus, and indicating the influence that Stephen's teachings and martyrdom exerted upon him, it is difficu…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Acts 6:8-15When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no greater number of religious p…Matthew HenrycommentaryStephen's AddressSTEPHEN'S ADDRESS. Stephen, no doubt was diligent and faithful in the discharge of his office as distributor of the church's charity, and laid out himself to put that affair in a good method, which he did to universal s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:8-15Stephen before the council. The conflict between the spirit of Judaism and the Spirit of Christ. Show the importance of this conflict in the early Church, lasting for more than a whole generation, lingering into the sec…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:8-15The service of the lip and the glory of the countenance. The wise step of appointing seven deacons "to serve tables," and thus to liberate the apostles for prayer and preaching, like other good causes, had results which…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Acts 6:8-15Stephen's work and witness. I. HIS SPIRIT DESCRIBED. "Full of grace and power." We can feel rather than define the force of those words. Grace is first the favor of God felt in the man's soul, then manifested in his who…Joseph S. Exell and contributors