the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Acts 6:8
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Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
And Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Stephen was richly blessed by God who gave him the power to do great miracles and signs among the people.
Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing, favor) and power, was doing great wonders and signs (attesting miracles) among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
God gave Stephen the power to work great miracles and wonders among the people.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great miracles and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought wonders and great signs among the people.
Stephen received a great blessing. God gave him power to do great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
Now Steuen full of faith & power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Now Stephen was full of grace and power and did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Stephen, a man richly blessed by God and full of power, performed great miracles and wonders among the people.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing wonders and great signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
But Estephanos was filled with grace and power, and wrought signs and miracles among the people.
And Stephen was full of grace and energy; and he wrought signs and prodigies among the people.
And Steuen full of fayth & power, dyd great wonders & miracles among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.
And Steuen, ful of grace and of strengthe, made wondris and grete signes in the puple.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of faith [fn] and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.
Stephen was a man full of faith and power. He did many great things among the people.
Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Now, Stephen, full of favour and power, began to do great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
And Steven full of faythe and power dyd great wondres and myracles amoge ye people.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,
Steuen full of faith and power, dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people.
Now Stephen full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Stephen, brimming with God's grace and energy, was doing wonderful things among the people, unmistakable signs that God was among them. But then some men from the meeting place whose membership was made up of freed slaves, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and some others from Cilicia and Asia, went up against him trying to argue him down. But they were no match for his wisdom and spirit when he spoke.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
full: Acts 6:3, Acts 6:5, Acts 6:10, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:55, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Timothy 3:13
did: Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:30, Acts 8:6
Reciprocal: Acts 1:8 - ye shall Acts 2:4 - filled Acts 11:24 - full 2 Timothy 1:7 - but
Cross-References
The angel said, "Don't be afraid. God is real proud of the lady you've become, and
God loved David, especially when David asked to build God a permanent place to be worshiped.
Think about it this way, a fellow that day works is owed a wage because of his work. It ain't a gift.
not following rules and regulations. If it was about the latter, then God's grace wouldn't have the power it does. It is free and totally undeserved.
It's only because of his grace that I know I really am a cowboy. And you know what? I didn't waste the grace. I ride harder and further, taking the outside in this big gathering of the lost and those who have strayed away. (But it's not really me riding. It's God's grace working through me that allows me to do what I do.)
Little did I know though, before I was even born, God had chosen me to ride for his brand. I didn't deserve this kind of grace, but God was pleased
God didn't give us what we deserved, but showed his grace by allowing anyone to be able to come and ride for his brand.
This is God's grace that has made us right in his sight. We are absolutely certain heaven waits on Jesus's cowboys.
Because of this, we know that our wrong turns won't be held against us in front of God. We can go right up to him and know he sees his son's ride and not our own. This gives us the confidence we need to finish it out when the trail turns rank.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Stephen, full of faith and power,.... The historian proceeds to give a narrative of Stephen particularly, the first of the seven deacons; of his faith and miracles, of his elocution and wisdom, of his courage and intrepidity, of his constancy, and of his suffering martyrdom. He is said to be full of faith, as before, Acts 6:5 the Alexandrian copy, and four of Beza's copies read, "full of grace"; and so do the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions; the Ethiopic version reads, "full of the grace of God": he had an uncommon share of it; it was exceeding abundant in him; he had a sufficiency of it for the service and sufferings he was called to: and he was full of power to preach the Gospel, and teach it the people, which he did with authority; to defend it, and oppose the adversaries of it; to bear reproach and indignities for it, and even death itself; and to do miraculous works for the confirmation of it, as follows:
did great wonders and miracles among the people; openly before them, such as speaking with divers tongues, healing diseases, casting out devils, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And Stephen - The remarkable death of this first Christian martyr, which soon occurred, gave occasion to the sacred writer to give a detailed account of his character, and of the causes which led to his death. Hitherto the opposition of the Jews had been confined to threats and imprisonment; but it was now to burst forth with furious rage and madness, that could be satisfied only with blood. This was the first in a series of persecutions against Christians which filled the church with blood, and which closed the lives of thousands, perhaps a million, in the great work of establishing the gospel on the earth.
Full of faith - Full of “confidence” in God, or trusting entirely to his promises. See the notes on Mark 16:16.
And power - The power which was evinced in working miracles.
Wonders - This is one of the words commonly used in the New Testament to denote miracles.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 6:8. Stephen, full of faith and power — Instead of πιστεως, faith, χαριτος, grace, is the reading of ABD, several others, the Syriac of Erpen, the Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, and some of the fathers. This reading Griesbach has admitted into the text. Some MSS. join both readings. Stephen was full of faith-gave unlimited credence to the promises of his Lord; he was full of grace-receiving the fulfilment of those promises, he enjoyed much of the unction of the Divine Spirit, and much of the favour of his God; and, in consequence, he was full of power, δυναμεως, of the Divine energy by which he was enabled to work great wonders and miracles among the people.
