<p>6:5 <i>And the decision pleased the whole crowd; and they chose Stephen, a man</i>- &ldquo;Decision&rdquo; is Gk. <i>logos</i>, translated &quot;word&quot; at the end of :4. The idea may be that the word preached and taught guided the multitude in choosing the seven.</p><p><i>Full of faith a</i><i>nd of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch</i><i>- </i>The Greek can equally mean 'filled by faith'. Faith to some extent is a gift from God. The amount of faith in Stephen seems related to the extent of the miracles he did (:8); which would suggest his fullness of faith was on his own account, and also shows that the doing of miracles was related to faith in those doing them.</p><p>These names are all Greek. But it was common for Jews to have both Hebrew and Greek names, so we shouldn't too quickly conclude that the appointed brethren were all Greek speakers; that would have hardly been wise in the resolving a dispute between Greek and Hebrew speaking Jewish believers.</p>