The Hellenists were Greek-speaking Jews born outside Palestine who followed a Grecian philosophy. Hebrews spoke Aramaic and followed Jewish customs. Acts 6:3 Twelve . . . seven: the Twelve are representative of the twelve tribes of Israel; the Seven represent the Gentiles dwelling in Canaan (...
Acts 6:1 tn Grk“the Hellenists,” but this descriptive term is largely unknown to the modern English reader. The translation “Greek-speaking Jews” attempts to convey something of who these were, but it was more than a matter of language spoken; it involved a degree of adoption of Greek...
The Jews considered themselves to be religionists and the Gentiles to be Heathen Gentile sinners. We could say “rank sinners”. Paul is saying that if the Jews being religionists would claim the same thing the Gentile Sinners claimed, who believed in the work of Jesus Christ, then they all...
[63] Likewise, the first Christian missionaries outside of Judea and Samaria were Hellenists (Acts 11:19; 15:3): Jews who spoke Greek and understood both Hebrew religion and Hellenistic culture. It is on this account that Christoph Stenschke observes that “The breakthrough to systematic ...
Th ey had just come from a lecture by Philo, a brother Of the Alabarch ; and found much to commend in his ingenious attempts to Hellenize the Hebrew writers or to Hebraize the Greek—they were uncertain which way to put it. They agreed that he was a very broad man and ready to ...
29preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him. 使徒行传 9:29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY) 29and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they soug...
Whereas no-one accuses Chomsky of racism for claiming that Jews suffer for the interests of other Western peoples, in complete defiance of the evidence, those of us who point out that the reverse is true, with the facts on our side, are accused of anti-Semitism. If Israel were an asset...
The nounΕλληνιστης(Hellenistes), means a Hellenist (Acts 6:1,9:29and11:20only). People known as Hellenists had assumed the Greek language and lifestyle but were originally from somewhere else. Much of the tension betweenJesusand the Jews, which features so predominantly in ...
The gods worshiped by Hellenists were similar to that of Hindus. Whereas Indra is called Vetethragna in the Avesta, and Vahagn by the Armenians, he's also known as Artagnes-Herakles in Commagene.[115] Many of the soldiers in Alexander of Macedonia's army readily became Hindu. "Close ...
These foreign-born Jews were able to understand the disciples’ message in their own language and no doubt one of the languages was Gr. Hence, in Acts 6:1 it refers to Jews who spoke Gr. as opposed to the Jews who spoke Aram. Some think that the Hellenists refer to Greeks (i.e.,...