Acts 6:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.

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  • Acts 4:35 : 35 And layed it downe at the Apostles feete: And distribution was made vnto euery man, accordyng as he had neede.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde, were baptized: And the same day there were added vnto them, about three thousande soules.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 Praysyng God, & had fauour with all the people. And the Lorde added to the Churche dayly, such as should be saued.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
  • Acts 9:29 : 29 Speakyng boldly in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed agaynst the Grekes: but they went about to slea hym.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them.
  • Acts 9:41 : 41 And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 And some of the were men of Cypers, and Cyrenes, which when they were come to Antioche, spake vnto ye Grekes, and preached the Lorde Iesus.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit, many of them which hearde the worde, beleued: and the number of the men was about fyue thousande.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 The number of them that beleued in the Lorde, both of men and women, grewe more and more.)
  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I.
  • Phil 3:5 : 5 Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee,
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes, let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly, and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.
  • 1 Tim 5:9 : 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man.
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly loue continue.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 Saying: dyd not we strayghtly commaunde you, that ye shoulde not teache in this name? And beholde, ye haue fylled Hierusalem with your doctrine, and intende to bryng this mans blood vpon vs.
  • Acts 2:45 : 45 And solde their possessions & goodes, and parted them to all men, as euery man had neede.
  • 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Neither murmure ye, as some of the also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
  • Deut 24:19-21 : 19 When thou cuttest downe thyne haruest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not go agayne to set it: But it shalbe for the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thyne hande. 20 When thou beatest downe thine oliue tree, thou shalt not search ye boughes agayne, to gather vp that thou leftest behinde thee: but it shalbe for the strauger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyarde, thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee: but leaue them for the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe.
  • Deut 26:12 : 12 When thou hast made an ende of tithing all the tithes of thyne encrease the thirde yere, which is the yere of tithing: thou shalt geue it vnto the Leuite, the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and fill them selues:
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:
  • Ps 72:16 : 16 A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles: and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus, and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people wyll be very wyllyng in the time of shewing thy most mightie power with a beautifull holynes: the deawe of thy byrth is to thee from the wombe as from the morning.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote, Israel shalbe greene and florishe, and the world shalbe filled with fruite.
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shal go thankesgeuing and the voyce of ioy: I wyll multiplie them, and they shal not be fewe, I shall endue them with honour, and no man shall subdue them.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: ye neither go in your selues, neither suffer ye them that come, to enter in.

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