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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