Verse 2

Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God, and to serue at the tables.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:9-9 : 9 Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme: I am not able to beare you my self alone, 10 for the LORDE youre God hath increased you, so that this daye ye are as ye starres of heauen in multitude. 11 (The LORDE God of yor fathers make you yet many thousande tymes mo, & blesse you, as he hath promysed you.) 12 How can I alone beare soche cobraunce, & charge, & stryfe amoge you? 13 Prouyde here men of wysdome & vnderstondinge, soch as are knowne amonge youre trybes, the wil I set to be heades vnto you. 14 Then answered ye me, and sayde: It is a good thinge, that thou sayest thou wilt do.
  • Exod 18:17-26 : 17 His father in lawe sayde vnto him: It is not well that thou doest. 18 Thou weeriest thy self, and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the, thou canst not perfourme it alone. 19 But herken vnto my voyce, I will geue the councell, and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde, and brynge the causes before God, 20 and prouide them with statutes and lawes, that thou mayest shewe the the waie wherin they shulde walke, and the workes that they shulde do. 21 But loke out amonge all the people, for honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, & hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten, 22 that they maye allwaye iudge the people. But where there is eny greate matter, that they brynge the same vnto the, and iudge the small causes them selues: so shall it be lighter for the, yf they beare the burthen with the. 23 Yf thou shalt do this, then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall, and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place. 24 Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he sayde. 25 And he chose honest men out of all Israel, and made them heades ouer the people, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten, 26 that they might allwaye iudge the people. As for soch causes as were herde, they brought them vnto Moses, and iudged the small matters them selues.
  • Num 11:11-13 : 11 And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE: Why vexest thou thy seruaunte? And why fynde not I fauoure in yi sight, yt thou layest ye burthen of all this people vpo me? 12 Haue I the coceaued all this people, or begotten them, that thou shuldest saye vnto me: Cary them in thine armes (as a nurse beareth a childe) vnto the londe, that thou hast sworne vnto their fathers? 13 Where shal I get flesh, to geue all this people? They wepe before me, and saye: Geue vs flesh, that we maye eate.
  • 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No ma that warreth, tangleth him selfe with wordly busynesses, & that because he wolde please him, which hath chosen him to be a soudyer.
  • Neh 6:3 : 3 Notwithstondynge I sent messaungers vnto them, sayenge: I haue a greate busynes to do, I can not come downe. The worke shulde stonde still, yf I were necligent, and came downe to you.
  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter & Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the: Iudge ye youre selues, whether it be right before God, that we shulde be more obedient vnto you, then vnto God.
  • Acts 21:22 : 22 What is it therfore? The multitude must nedes come together, for they shal heare that thou art come.
  • Acts 25:27 : 27 For me thynke it an vnreasonable thinge to sende a presoner, and not to shewe the causes which are layed agaynst him.