Acts 6:6

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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WEBBE

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

BSB

They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

KJV

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

ASV

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

BBE

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

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οὓς hous whom G3739 ἔστησαν estēsan they set G2476 ἐνώπιον enōpion before G1799 τῶν tōn the G3588 ἀποστόλων apostolōn apostles G652 καὶ kai and G2532 προσευξάμενοι proseuxamenoi having prayed G4336 ἐπέθηκαν epethēkan they laid G2007 αὐτοῖς autois on them G846 τὰς tas the G3588 χεῖρας.¶ cheiras hands G5495

The early church

"Whom they set before the Apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them." They separated them from the multitude, and it is the people that draw them, not the Apostles that lead them. Observe how he avoids all that is superfluous: he does not tell in what way it was done, but that they were ordained with prayer: for this is the meaning of "laying on of hands," or ordination: the hand of the man is laid upon the person, but the whole work is of God, and it is His hand which toucheth the head of the one ordained, if he be duly ordained. And this business was not simply handed over to them without further ceremony, but the Apostles prayed over them, that power might be given to them.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Hitherto the disciples had been of one accord; this often had been noticed to their honour; but now they were multiplied, they began to murmur. The word of God was enough to take up all the thoughts, cares, and time of the apostles. The persons chosen to serve tables must be duly qualified. They must be filled with gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost, necessary to rightly managing this trust; men of truth, and hating covetousness. All who are employed in the service of the church, ought to be commended to the Divine grace by the prayers of the church. They blessed them in the name of the Lord. The word and grace of God are greatly magnified, when those are wrought upon by it, who were least likely.

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