Short (5-20 mins)
New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
What's wrong with waiting on tables? (Acts 6:2)
Theologian
Bill Mounce
Duration
7.04
Uploaded to YouTube
2 January 2020
Added to Database
17 December 2025
YouTube description
If you translate word-for-word in Acts 6:2, you miscommunicate. The Apostles were not wanting to stop being waiters, they weren't asking to stop “waiting on tables.” They understand that their "service" is different." They understand that their "service" is different.