Bible Person

Nicolas

Meaning: same as Nicodemus · Male · 1 cross reference

Nicolas is the proselyte from Antioch chosen among the seven in Acts 6:5. He belongs to the early church's first structured response to practical need and communal fairness. First appears in Acts 6:5.1

AI summary: Nicolas matters because his single cross reference places a Gentile convert within the seven chosen to serve the church. The entry helps show the wideness of the early Christian community and the trust placed in believers from different backgrounds. Taken together, the material presents Nicolas as one of the seven servants of the early church.1

Central Figure

Nicolas

Meaning: same as Nicodemus

The victory of the people, a proselyte of Antioch, one of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5).