Acts 6:1

  • The Mother Tongue

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the [b]Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.  Acts 6:1 NASB Hellenistic Jews – Notice the footnote?  Here’s what it says: “Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation.”  In other words, Luke notes…

  • Corrected Additions

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. Acts 6:1 NASB Hellenistic Jews – If you read the marginal notes on this verse in the 1963…