<strong>PROCORUS, PROCHORUS</strong> (prŏk'ō-rŭs). The third in the list of the first deacons (<bibleref ref="Acts.6.5">Acts.6.5</bibleref>) who were elected to take care of the Greek-speaking widows and probably the Christians living in poverty in Jerusalem.<br /><br />

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<strong>PROCHORUS</strong>. Prochorus is mentioned only once in the <span class="auto-link">[[New Testament]]</span> (<bibleref ref="Acts.6.5">Acts 6:5</bibleref>) where he is named as one of the seven who were to minister with their hands, thus freeing the apostles to preach. Because Prochorus is a Greek name, it may be conjectured that he was a Hellenistic Jew who had taken up more or less permanent residence in Jerusalem. As such, he would be a sympathetic arbiter in the dispute that had arisen between the Greek and Hebrew-speaking Christians. He is described as being “full of the <span class="auto-link">[[Holy Spirit]]</span> and wisdom” (<bibleref ref="Acts.6.3">Acts 6:3</bibleref>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(Prochoros) : One of "the seven" chosen by the Christian community in Jerusalem to superintend the dispensing of charity to the widows and other poor (<bibleref ref="Acts.6.5">Ac 6:5</bibleref>). The name is Greek, and he may have been a Hellenist. According to tradition he became bishop of Nicomedia and died a martyr at Antioch.<br /><br />

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