Of good report (μαρτυρουμενους). Present passive participle of μαρτυρεω, to bear witness to. Men with a good reputation as well as…

Look you out. Select, or choose. As this was a matter pertaining to their own financial affairs, it was proper that they should b…

Seven men of honest report.—The number may have had its origin in the general reverence for the number Seven among the Jews. Possi…

The apostles’ response in this matter was to call the Christians together and suggest a solution. It is significant that the apostles were not prep…

Therefore, brothers, look out. Now we see for what purpose deacons were appointed. The word itself is indeed general, yet it is properly u…

Wherefore brethren look you out among you
Or "choose out among you", as the Syriac version adds, and as the Arabic a…

Until now, the disciples had been of one accord; this had often been noticed to their honour. But now that they had multiplied, they began to murmu…