Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 6:2
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Acts6:2
2 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.
For such was their number now again, Matthias having supplied the place of Iudas; this is that blessed number, or the root of it, which God hath so much magnified.
Preaching of the word, and other duties belonging to it; either providing for the agapae and love-Feasts, or distributing to the necessities whereby they might be fed, and their tables provided.
Marginal references: Exod. 18.17.
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