Acts 6 מעשי השליחים

1.   What does Luke attribute towards the problem that arises in the early Messianic Jewish community, in wider context, how were people provided for in their elderly years in “Jewish” cultural background in the first century?

2.   What is meant by the Shaliachim regarding what they felt they should be appropriate for them to spending their time; what kind of occupation where they seeking and how do we see this as well in Jewish culture?

 

3.   How does the appointment of the Seven reflect what Moses was told to do in the Torah and what is significant about the parallels between the qualifications of these Seven and of those whom Moses appointed?

 

4.   How did the Apostles approve and appoint the Seven; what did they do?

 

5.   How did the early Messianic Jewish community have an influence among the Levites and how did this take place, what could’ve been the connection?

 

6.   What exactly was the Synagogue of the Freedmen, what do we know about it?

7.   Why did some of these “Diaspora” Jews argue with Stephen, what was their motiviation; and what grave sin against the Torah did they commit?

8.   Who was actually responsible for Stephen’s execution, the Freedmen, or the Sanhedrin?

9.   What is the meaning of Stephen’s “countenance”, where else do we see this in Scripture?