Acts 5:14
And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord, was more increased:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 no man durst join himself unto them; but the people magnified them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:11, 11Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:
2 Samuel 6:19And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel both men and women, to every one, a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine flour fried with oil: and all the people departed every one to his house.
Nehemiah 8:2Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.
Isaiah 45:24For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
Acts 2:41They therefore that received his word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4But many of them who had heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was made 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 →