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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Nicanor (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
The Jerusalem church picked seven men to run the daily food for widows after the Hellenistic and Hebrew believers fell out, and Nicanor was one of them. That is all the New Testament says.
First, in plain English
The Jerusalem church picked seven men to run the daily food for widows after the Hellenistic and Hebrew believers fell out, and Nicanor was one of them. That is all the New Testament says.
Who this is
One of the seven men chosen by the Jerusalem church to oversee the daily distribution of food to widows, a role created to resolve a dispute between Hellenistic and Hebrew believers (Acts 6:5). Nothing else is recorded of him in the New Testament.
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The word
G3527
Where it appears
- Acts 6:5
