{"id":18843,"date":"2025-01-13T13:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18843"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:01:05","slug":"nicolas-biblical-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/nicolas-biblical-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5723\u7ecf\u91cc\u6709\u5c3c\u54e5\u62c9\u5417\uff1f\u6709\u7684\uff0c\u4f7f\u5f92\u884c\u4f20\u7b2c6\u7ae0\u4e2d\u5b89\u63d0\u963f\u7684\u5c3c\u54e5\u62c9\u3002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Nicolas of Antioch is one of the seven men chosen in Acts 6 to oversee the daily distribution of food to widows in the Jerusalem church. The King James Version and the NIV spell his name Nicolas, the ESV Nicolaus. The Greek form, Nikolaos, means &quot;victory of the people.&quot; Where is Nicolas in the Bible? As the church in Jerusalem grew, the Greek-speaking Jewish believers complained that their widows &quot;were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food&quot; (Acts\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Nicolas of Antioch, a convert to Judaism, was one of the seven chosen in Acts 6 to serve the church&#039;s widows. Nikolaos means &quot;victory of the people.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18847,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/nicholas-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18843,"position":0},"title":"Is Nicholas in the Bible? Yes, Spelled Nicolas, in Acts 6","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"9 2 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, in another spelling: Nicolas of Antioch, one of the seven chosen in Acts 6. 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