More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
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More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
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The noumbre of them that beleved in the Lorde bothe of men and wemen grewe moare and moare:
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Also the number of them that beleeued in the Lord, both of men and women, grewe more and more)
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Passages linked to Acts 5:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 2:47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Isaiah 55:11-13 so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
- Acts 4:4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Ezra 10:1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
- Acts 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
- Acts 6:7 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 9:31 So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:35 All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
- Acts 9:42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
- Exodus 35:22 They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 29:11-12 your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water, that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today,
- Deuteronomy 31:11-12 when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law,
- 2 Samuel 6:19 He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
- Nehemiah 8:2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
- Isaiah 44:3-5 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring: and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
- Isaiah 45:24 They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.
- Acts 8:3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
- Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- Acts 22:4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 And believers were the more added to the…
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Ver. 14. And believers were the more added] So little lost the Church by that dreadful doom that befell Ananias and Sapphira, Isa 26:9. Hypocrites are but the warts, or rather botches, of the Church. When God’s judgments are upon them, the inhabitants of the earth will learn righteousness; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked, Psa 58:10. Let the Lord but kill Jezebel’s children with death, and then all the Churches will take knowledge that it is He that searcheth the reins and heart, and that giveth unto every man according to his works, Rev 2:23.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This explains the former verse, and helps us against…
This explains the former verse, and helps us against mistaking it, for this wonderful judgment was so far from being a hinderance to the men of the gospel, that it is turned to the furtherance of it; for though great men, and such as were insincere, were terrified from owning Christ and his doctrine, others did more readily embrace them by reason of it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And believers were the more added to the Lord,....…
And believers were the more added to the Lord,.... That is, to the church, as in Act 2:47 over which Christ was Lord and head; for they were added to the Lord before, by believing in him, when they gave up themselves to him, to be saved by him; and now to the apostles, and the church by the will of God; and this case of Ananias and Sapphira was so far from hindering persons from coming into the church, that there were greater additions made to it than before, even of such as were true believers in Christ. The Ethiopic version reads, "and many were added who believed in our Lord"; the Arabic version, "they that believed in the Lord increased"; the Syriac version, "and they more increased who believed in the Lord"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "but the multitude of them that believe in the Lord were the more increased"; all of them reading the phrase, "the Lord", not in construction with the word "added", but with "believers: multitudes both of men and women"; the weaker sex were not intimidated any more than the men, such power went along with the word, and such grace was bestowed upon them. This church must now be prodigiously numerous, for before these additions, eight thousand had been added to the hundred and twenty; such success the Gospel had, and such progress it made in the hands of such mean and contemptible persons, notwithstanding the opposition of the chief men of the nation to it.
over which Christ was Lord and head; for they were added to the Lord before, by believing in him, when they gave up themselves to him, to be saved by him; and now to the apostles, and the church by the will of God; and this case of Ananias and Sapphira was so far from hindering persons from coming into the church, that there were greater additions made to it than before, even of such as were true believers in Christ. The Ethiopic version reads, "and many were added who believed in our Lord"; the Arabic version, "they that believed in the Lord increased"; the Syriac version, "and they more increased who believed in the Lord"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "but the multitude of them that believe in the Lord were the more increased"; all of them reading the phrase, "the Lord", not in construction with the word "added", but with "believers: multitudes both of men and women"; the weaker sex were not intimidated any more than the men, such power went along with the word, and such grace was bestowed upon them. This church must now be prodigiously numerous, for before these additions, eight thousand had been added to the hundred and twenty; such success the Gospel had, and such progress it made in the hands of such mean and contemptible persons, notwithstanding the opposition of the chief men of the nation to it.
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act 5:15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets,.... These words are to be read in connection with the former part of the twelfth verse. Such miraculous cures being wrought by the apostles, the people who had sick persons in their houses, hearing of it brought them out; either "into the streets", as we render it, and as the Alexandrian copy reads; or "in every street" in Jerusalem, waiting for the apostles as they came, to receive a cure from them:
and laid them on beds and couches; for the better conveniency of carrying them to the apostles, or for their lying upon them until they came by that way:
that at the least, the shadow of Peter passing by, might overshadow some of them. The Vulgate Latin version adds, "and be delivered from their infirmities"; but this is not supported by any copy, nor is it in any other version. Peter is only mentioned because he was most known, he being the chief speaker and actor. Who these were that fancied there was such a virtue in Peter's shadow, and whether any were cured by it, is not certain. However, it is a vain thing in the Papists to conclude from hence the primacy of Peter, the worshipping of images, and that the Pope is Peter's shadow, and has his power.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain But so much the more were true believers added,…
But so much the more were true believers added, because unbelievers kept at a distance.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. And believers were the more added to…
Verse 14. And believers were the more added to the Lord] Believers:
1. Those who credited the Divine mission of Christ.
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2. That he was the Messiah.
3. That he died for their sins.
4. That he rose again.
5. That he ascended into heaven.
6. That he sent down the gift of the Holy Spirit.
7. That he ever appeared in the presence of God for them.
8. That it was he who gives repentance and remission of sins. And,
9. He by whom the world is to be judged.
These were simple articles, of the truth of which they had the fullest evidence.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And believers - This is the name by which…
And believers - This is the name by which Christians were designated, because one of the main things that distinguished them was that they “believed” that Jesus was the Christ. It is also an incidental proof that none should join themselves to the church who are not “believers”; that is, who do not profess to be Christians in heart and in life.
Were the more added - The effect of all these things was to increase the number of converts. Their persecutions, their preaching, and the judgment of God, “all” tended to impress the minds of the people, and to lead them to the Lord Jesus Christ. Compare Act 4:4. Though the judgment of God had the effect of deterring hypocrites from entering the church - though it produced awe and caution, yet still the number of true converts was increased. An effort to keep the church pure by wholesome discipline, and by cutting off unworthy members, however rich or honored, so far from weakening its true strength, has a tendency greatly to increase its numbers as well as its purity. People will not seek to enter a corrupt church, or regard it as worth any effort to be connected with a society that does not endeavor to be pure.
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Multitudes - Compare Act 4:4.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Believers… added—Luke had given the increase in numbers…
14. Believers… added—Luke had given the increase in numbers formerly, (Act_4:4,) but now they were too numerous for his census.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. And believers were the more added to the…
14. And believers were the more added to the Lord] In the Greek it is clearly seen that the words rendered to the Lord belong quite as closely to believers as to were added. “Persons believing in the Lord were added to His Church.” The addition of this verse makes clear what has been said on Act_5:13, that the joining there mentioned was an intrusion into the congregation when they were assembled for public instruction. For the increase of the Church was not hindered in any degree. The Christians were held in reverent regard, and the faith which they preached gained multitudes of adherents.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Added to the Lord.—Here, probably, the word is…
(14) Added to the Lord.—Here, probably, the word is used in its definite New Testament sense for the Lord Jesus.
Both of men and women.—The mention of the latter forms an introduction to the dissensions connected with the “widows” in Acts 6, and is itself characteristic of St. Luke as a writer who had seen and known the effect of the new Religion in raising women to a higher life, and whose knowledge of its history was in great measure derived from them. (See Introduction to St. Luke’s Gospel.) So in Act_8:3 women are named as prominent among the sufferers in the first general persecution.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Added to the Lord; as inqh, Act_11:24, not as…
Added to the Lord; as inqh, Act_11:24, not as in margin. Multitudes; plh found in the plural nowhere else in the New Testament.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 14. Both men and women. This is one of…
14. Both men and women. This is one of a number of instances in which women are named in early church history. As remarked elsewhere, at first the converts were mainly men. Now there are also women.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain 14. The statement just made, that "of the rest…
14. The statement just made, that "of the rest no man dared to join himself to them," can not mean that persons dared not join the Church, for the reverse is now stated. (14) " And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women. " The increased awe in the presence of the apostles, with which the people were inspired, made them listen with increased respect to their testimony concerning Jesus, and brought them in greater numbers to obedience.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Here the word "they" refers to the people who lived in Jerusalem.
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more believers were being added to the Lord
This could be stated in active form. See how you translated "were added" in Acts 2:41. AT: "more people were believing in the Lord" (See: Active or Passive)
his shadow might fall on some of them
It is implied that God would heal them if Peter's shadow touched them. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
those afflicted with unclean spirits
"those whom unclean spirits had afflicted"
they were all healed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "God healed them all" or "the apostles healed them all" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
believe
lord
Peter
Jerusalem
afflicted
demon
cure
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