Acts 6:8-15 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.… (R.V.): — These two words, "grace and power," are closely connected. Their union here is significant. It was not the intellect, or the eloquence, or the activity of St. Stephen which made him powerful among the people, and crowned his labours with such success. It was his abundant grace. Eloquence, and learning, active days and laborious nights, are good and necessary things. God uses them and demands them from His people. He chooses to use human agencies, and therefore demands that the human agents shall give Him of their best, and not offer to Him the blind and lame of their flock. But these things will be utterly useless and ineffective apart from Christ and the power of His grace. (G. T. Stokes, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.WEB: Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. |
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