Deacon in Biblical History

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What is a Deacon?
DEA'CON
(servant). This name, as a title of office, has been applied to the "seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom," who were appointed over the business of serving tables, in order that the apostles might be at liberty to give themselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word. They were set apart by prayer and the laying on of the apostles' hands. Acts 6:1-6. Very likely these seven men held a higher position than those afterward appointed, as, in addition to routine and more or less servile duties, they preached and did the work of evangelists; e.g. Stephen and Philip. The idea that a man must be a deacon before he can be an elder or bishop is not found in the N.T. The qualifications and duties of deacons are particularly set forth in Acts 6:1-6 and 1 Tim 3:8-12

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