Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Acts 6:6
They laid their hands on them (epeqhkan autoiv tav xeirav). First aorist active indicative of epitiqhmi. Probably by the apostles who ratified the choice (verse Acts 6:3). The laying on of hands "was a symbol of the impartation of the gifts and graces which they needed to qualify them for the office. It was of the nature of a prayer that God would bestow the necessary gifts, rather than a pledge that they were actually conferred" (Hackett).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 6:6:
John 11:17
Acts 6:2
Romans 15:26
Philippians 1:1
1 Timothy 4:14
1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy 5:22
Hebrews 6:2
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