Acts 6:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

In those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased, there arose a grudge amoge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge.

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  • Acts 4:35 : 35 and layed it at the Apostles fete. And distribucion was made vnto euery ma, acordinge as he had nede.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 They that gladly receaued his preachinge, were baptysed, & the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praysinge God, and had fauoure with all ye people. And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God increased, and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem. And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth.
  • Acts 9:29 : 29 and quyte him selfe boldly in ye name of ye LORDE Iesu. He spake also, and disputed with ye Grekes. But they wete aboute to slaye him.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 Peter rose, and came with the. And wha he was come, they broughte him in to the chamber, and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him, wepynge, and shewed him the cotes and garmetes, which Dorcas made whyle she was with them.
  • Acts 9:41 : 41 But he gaue her the hande, and lifte her vp, and called the sayntes and the wedowes, and shewed her there alyue.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 Neuertheles some of the were men of Cipers and Cyren, which came to Antioche, and spake also vnto the Grekes, & preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of the which herde the worde, beleued, and the nombre of ye men was aboute fyue thousande.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 The multitude of the men and women that beleued in the LORDE, grewe more and more)
  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 They are Hebrues, so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the sede of Abraham, so am I.
  • Phil 3:5 : 5 which was circucysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe a Pharise:
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly, and to recompence their elders. For yt is good & acceptable before God. 5 But she that is a right wedowe, & desolate, putteth hir trust in God, & cotynueth in prayer and supplicacion nighte and daye.
  • 1 Tim 5:9 : 9 Let no wedowe be chosen vnder threscore yeare olde, and soch one as was ye wife of one man,
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly loue cotynue.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Ether do ye thinke yt the scripture sayth in vayne. The sprete yt dwelleth in you, lusteth euen contrary to enuie:
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grodge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be damned. Beholde, the iudge stondeth before the dore.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 and sayde: Dyd not we comaunde you strately, that ye shulde not teache in this name. And beholde, ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne, and ye intede to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs.
  • Acts 2:45 : 45 They solde their goodes and possessions, and parted them out amonge all, acordinge as euery ma had nede.
  • 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Nether murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed thorow the destroyer.
  • Deut 24:19-21 : 19 Whan thou hast reaped downe thine haruest in the felde, and hast forgotten a shefe in the felde, thou shalt not turne agayne to fetch it, but it shal be for the straunger, ye fatherlesse and the wedowe, that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thy handes. 20 Whan thou hast plucked thine Olyue trees, thou shalt not plucke them vp cleane afterwarde: it shal be for the straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe. 21 Whan thou hast gathered thy vynyarde, thou shalt not gather it vp cleane afterwarde: it shalbe for the straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe.
  • Deut 26:12 : 12 Whan thou hast brought together all ye tythes of thine increase in the thirde yeare, which is a yeare of tithes, thou shalt geue it vnto the Leuite, to the straunger, to the fatherlesse, and to the wedowe, that they maie eate within yi gates, and be filled.
  • Job 29:13 : 13 He yt shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, & ye widdowes hert praised me.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne?
  • Ps 72:16 : 16 There shalbe an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles, his frute shal shake like Libanus,
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 In the daye of thy power shal thy people offre the frewill offeringes with an holy worshipe, ye dewe of thy byrth is of the wobe of the mornynge.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 It wil come to this poynte, yt Iacob shalbe rooted againe, and Israel shalbe grene & beare floures, & they shal fyll ye whole worlde wt their frute.
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall go thankesgeuynge, and the voyce of ioye. I will multiplie them, and they shall not mynishe: I shall endue them with honoure, and no man shall subdue them.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In the haue they despised father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the strauger, in the haue they vexed the wyddowe & the fatherlesse.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.

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