Acts 6:6

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed ¹  and placed ²  their hands on them.

Ac 1:24; Ac 8:17; Ac 9:17; Ac 13:3; 1Ti 4:14; 1Ti 5:22; 2Ti 1:6

¹ tn Literally this is a participle in the Greek text (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi). It could be translated as a finite verb (“and they prayed and placed their hands on them”) but much smoother English results if the entire coordinate clause is converted to a relative clause that refers back to the apostles.

sn Who prayed. The prayer indicates their acceptance and commissioning for ministry (cf. Deut 34:9).

² tn Or “laid.”