Acts 6:6

Whom they set before the apostles,.... They did not barely nominate and propose them to them, but they brought them into their presence, and placed them before them, as the persons whom they had…

And when they had prayed - Invoking in this manner the blessing of God to attend them in the discharge of the duties of their office. They laid their hands ... - Among the Jews it was customary to lay…

And when they had prayed - Instead of και, and, the Codex Bezae reads οἱτινες, who, referring the act of praying to the apostles, which removes a sort of ambiguity. The apostles prayed for these…

Having seen the church's struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have,

I. An unhappy…

whom they set before the apostles That they might confirm, as they had proposed to do, the selection made by the whole congregation.

they laid their hands on them As a solemn dedication of them to the…