All the men chosen have Greek names. Though it is likely that they all came from the Greek-speaking community, this cannot be confirmed since there were also Palestinian (Aramaic-speaking) Christians who had Greek names.1
All the men chosen have Greek names. Though it is likely that they all came from the Greek-speaking community, this cannot be confirmed since there were also Palestinian (Aramaic-speaking) Christians who had Greek names.1
5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.