Acts 6:2 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 6:2

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It is not reason - Ουκ αρεστον εστι, it is not pleasing, proper, or fitting, that we should leave the word of God, that we should give up ourselves, or confide to others, the doctrine of salvation which God has commanded us to preach unto the people. And serve tables - Become providers of daily bread for your widows and poor: others can do this, to whom our important office is not intrusted.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And whatever time they had to spare from this, they employed in works of spiritual mercy. But their proper office was, to take care of the poor. And when some of them afterward preached the Gospel, they did this not by virtue of their deaconship, but of another commission, that of evangelists, which they probably received, not before, but after they were appointed deacons.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Pectora nostra duas non admittentia curas--These minds of ours admit not of two distinct anxious employments. Though this serving of tables was for pious uses, and serving the charity of rich Christians and the necessity of poor Christians, and in both serving Christ, yet the apostles would not take so much time from their preaching as this would require.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
προσκαλεσάμενοι	proskalesamenoi	Having called near	G4341 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	Twelve	G1427 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πλῆθος	plēthos	multitude	G4128 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
μαθητῶν	mathētōn	disciples	G3101 →
εἶπαν·	eipan	they said;	G2036 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἀρεστόν	areston	desirable	G701 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is [for]	G1510 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
καταλείψαντας	kataleipsantas	having neglected	G2641 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
διακονεῖν	diakonein	to attend	G1247 →
τραπέζαις.	trapezais	at tables.	G5132 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
  Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
- Luke 8:14
  The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does…
- 2 Peter 2:20
  If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–26
  Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22–23
  For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
Through
Nehemiah 6:3
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
leads to
- John 9:4
  While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Matthew 10:16
  Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- 1 Timothy 4:15–16
  Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts