Acts 6 Scofield
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6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
“chose”
It is beautiful to see that these were all Hellenists, as the Grecian names show.
6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
“angel”
(See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
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6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
“Grecians”
Hellenists, i.e. Grecian Jews.