Ministration
Ministration
(Act 6:1)
Neither Authorized Version nor Revised Version , except in the margin, indicates that ministration () in Act 6:1 and serve () in Act 6:2 are cognate words; or that ministration in Act 6:1 is the same word as ministry in Act 6:4. The ministration or serving tables is the distribution of food at the common meals: tables of exchange for money cannot be meant. Hellenist converts complain that Hebrew distributors overlooked Hellenist widows. The Twelve forth with initiate and regulate the first attempt at self-government made by the Church. They state the number and qualifications of the new officials, leave the election to the whole body of Christians, and ordain the elected.
A. Plummer.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Ministration
(, , both usually rendered ministry), the period during which an office is administered (Luk 1:23). The law of Moses is called the ministration of death and condemnation. It convinces men of .sin, the penalty for which is eternal death; and to this they are already condemned. The Gospel is the ministration of the Spirit that giveth life; it proceeds from the Holy Ghost; is confirmed and applied by him; and by means of it he conveys life, and all spiritual graces and benefits, to the souls of men (2Co 3:7-8). The term is also used for the distribution of alms (Act 6:1; 2Co 9:13).