Acts 5:14
and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
In Context
13but of the rest durst no man join them, but the people magnified them;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:11your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;
2 Samuel 6:19And he dealt to all the people, to the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a measure [of wine], and a raisin-cake. And all the people departed every one to his house.
Nehemiah 8:2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Isaiah 45:24Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Acts 2:41Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [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 →