King James Version
What Does Acts 6:8 Mean?
“And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.”
Context
6
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
10
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(8) **Stephen, full of faith and power.**—The better MSS. give, “full of *grace* and power.”
**Did great wonders and miracles.**—Better, as preserving the familiar combination, *wonders and signs.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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