Acts 6:1

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And in those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily service.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The praise of him perishing will come upon me, and I shall cause the heart of the widow to rejoice.

Job 31:16

If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;

Psalm 110:3

Thy people were willing in the day of thy strength, in the splendors of holiness from the womb of the dawn: to thee the dew of thy childhood.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be diffusion of grain in the earth upon the head of the mountains; its fruit shall shake as Lebanon, and they shall blossom from the city as the grass of the earth.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; seek out judgment, lead right the oppressor, judge the orphan, contend for the widow.

Isaiah 27:6

Those coming of Jacob shall he cause to take root: Israel shall blossom and be fruitful, and they filled the face of the habitable globe with produce.

Jeremiah 30:19

And thanksgiving shall go forth from them, and the voice of those playing, and I multiplied them, and they shall not be few; and I honored them, and they shall not be small.

Ezekiel 22:7

They made light of father and mother in thee: they did with violence to the stranger in the midst of thee: they oppresed the orphan and the widow in thee.

Malachi 3:5

And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.

Matthew 23:13

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.

Acts 11:20

And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:26

And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it was for a whole year they were assembled together in the churches, and taught a sufficient crowd. And the disciples were Christians by divine intimation first in Antioch.

Acts 11:29

And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea:

Acts 2:41

Then truly they having gladly received his word were immersed: and in that day were added about three thousand souls.

Acts 2:45

And sold possessions and goods, and divided them to all, as any one had need

Acts 2:47

Praising God, and having favor with the whole people. And in the day the Lord added the saved to the church.

Acts 4:35

And laid down at the feet of the sent: and it was distributed to each as any had need.

Acts 4:4

And many of them having heard the word, believed; and the number of men was about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

And the believing were the more added to the Lord, multitudes of men and also of women.)

Acts 5:28

Saying, Did we not announce to you by order, not to teach by this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye desire to bring upon us this man's blood.

Acts 6:2

And the twelve having called the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing for us, having left the word of God, to serve tables.

Acts 6:7

And the word of God increased: and the number of disciples was multiplied greatly in Jerusalem; and a great crowd of priests listened to the faith.

Acts 9:29

And he spake and sought out with the Greeks; but they purposed to kill him.

Acts 9:39

And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.

Acts 9:41

And having given her the hand, he raised her up, and having called the holy ones and the widows, he placed her living before them.

Romans 12:7

Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction;

1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither do ye murmur, as also some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? I also. Are they Israelites? I also. Are they Abraham's seed? I also.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When thou shalt finish to tithe all the tenth part of thy produce, in the third year the year of the tenth part, and thou gavest it to the Levite and to the stranger and to the orphan and to the widow, and they ate in thy gates and were satisfied.

Philippians 3:5

Circumcision done the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

1 Timothy 5:3

Honour widows, truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be chosen less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

Hebrews 13:1

Let brotherly love remain.

James 1:27

Religion pure and unpolluted before God and the Father is this, To take a view of the orphans and widows in their pressure, to keep himself free from stain from the world.

James 4:5

Or think ye that the writing says vainly, That the spirit longs for envy, which dwelt in us?

James 5:9

Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.