Acts 5:14
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
In Context
13The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:11And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:
2 Samuel 6:19And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.
Nehemiah 8:2And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.
Isaiah 45:24Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.
Acts 2:41Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
Acts 4:4But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:13-17
The Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of… Read the whole commentary →