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Acts 6 is the sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the institution of the first seven deacons, [1] and the work of one of them, Stephen. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of ...
The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, designated by siglum D ea or 05 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 5 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a bi-lingual Greek and Latin manuscript of the New Testament written in an uncial hand on parchment.
Their names and an account of their appointment are given in chapter 6 of the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 6:1–6). According to a later tradition they are supposed to have also been among the Seventy Disciples who appear in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 10:1, 10:17). The activities of Stephen and Philip are the only two recorded and their works ...
Of the numerous speeches in Acts of the Apostles, Stephen's speech to the Sanhedrin is the longest. [26] To the objection that it seems unlikely that such a long speech could be reproduced in the text of Acts exactly as it was delivered, some Biblical scholars have replied that Stephen's speech shows a distinctive personality behind it. [12]
Hengel believes Acts was written early [43] by Luke as a partial eyewitness, [44] praising Luke's knowledge of Palestine, [45] and of Jewish customs in Acts 1:12. [46] With regard to Acts 1:15–26, Lüdemann is skeptical with regard to the appointment of Matthias, but not with regard to his historical existence. [47]
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Compare Philippians 4:6. [12] Acts 1:15 ἀδελφῶν (of the brothers) – א A B C* 33 vid 104 945 1175 pc vg cop sa cop bo WH NR CEI Riv TILC Nv NM [13] μαθητῶν (of the disciples) – (C) D E Ψ it e it gig it p syr cop mae Byz Cyprian Augustine ς ND Dio. [13] ἀποστόλων (of the apostles) – 𝔓 74 [13] Acts 1:18
(See Acts 6:6, Acts 13:3; and 1 Timothy 4:14. Also possibly Acts 14:23, where "ordained"—Greek: χειροτονήσαντες —may be translated "extended the hand".) The use of the laying on of hands for the ordination of church officers has continued in many branches of Christianity.