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Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 6:5

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Acts6:5

5 ¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen , a man full of faith, and of the holy Ghost, and Philip , and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselite of Antioch.

All these being Greek names, 'tis likely they were all Hellenists, and descended from Hebrew Parents, but born in forreign Countries; or amongst the Iews they might have other names, which St. Luke writing this History, translated into Greek.

See Chap. 2.10.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.24.; Chap. 8.5, 26. and 21.[illegible: 1 letter].

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