{Pleased} ((8872)esen). Aorist active indicative of aresk(935c)
like Latin _placuit_ when a vote was taken. The use of en(9370)ion
before "the whole multitude" is like the LXX. {They chose}
(exelexanto). First aorist middle indicative of ekleg(935c), to
pick out for oneself. Each one of the seven has a Greek name and
was undoubtedly a Hellenist, not an Aramaean Jew. Consummate
wisdom is here displayed for the murmuring had come from the
Hellenists, seven of whom were chosen to take proper care of the
widows of Hellenists. This trouble was settled to stay settled so
far as we know. Nothing is here told of any of the seven except
Stephen who is "a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit" and
Nicolas "a proselyte of Antioch" (who was not then born a Jew,
but had come to the Jews from the Greek world).