Acts 6:5 names Nicolaus last among the seven, adding the detail that he was 'a proselyte from Antioch'—a Gentile convert to Judaism who had subsequently become a Christian. His Greek name (meaning 'conqueror of the people') and origin in Antioch, a major center of Hellenistic culture, mark him as a bridge figure between Jewish and Gentile worlds. Some later church fathers, though without solid evidence, linked Nicolaus to the Nicolaitans condemned in Revelation 2:6, 15—a heretical group promoting compromise with pagan practices. The connection is likely spurious, based on name similarity alone. Nicolaus's true significance lies in his selection: even a Gentile proselyte could serve as a leader in the predominantly Jewish Jerusalem church.